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    The surname Scutt

    An English occupational surname, carried by 722 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scutt is more common than 80.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Scutt is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 722 people named Scutt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 427,625 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 717.

    #31,960
    rank among US surnames
    722
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #30,682)

    Who is named Scutt

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    81% of people named Scutt identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Scutts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Der Scutt
      American architect and designer (1934–2010)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Skutt

    Surnames that sound like Scutt

    Scutt has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scutt come from?
    Occupational surname for a scout or spy, from Middle English scout, or a nickname for a swift person, from Middle English scut (“hare”).
    How common is the surname Scutt?
    722 people in the United States had the surname Scutt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 427,625 Americans. It ranked 31,960th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scutt?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Scutt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Scutt?
    Der Scutt, American architect and designer (1934–2010).
    Where is the surname Scutt most common?
    Wikidata records people named Scutt in the United States.
    What type of surname is Scutt?
    Scutt is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Scutt getting more or less common?
    More common. 717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 722 in 2010, up 0.7%.
    What are other spellings of Scutt?
    Skutt.