# Scutt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/scutt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 722 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,960 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 427,625 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (717 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Skutt |

## Etymology

Occupational surname for a scout or spy, from Middle English scout, or a nickname for a swift person, from Middle English scut (“hare”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scutt in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scutt in the United States.

## People named Scutt

- Der Scutt, American architect and designer (1934–2010)

## Similar surnames

Scott, Scotti, Scotto, Schott, Schutte, Schutt, Schuette, Shutt, Schuett, Soto, Sweet, South.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.