Scruton
English
Etymology
From the Old Norse personal name Skurfa + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Scruton (countable and uncountable, plural Scrutons)
- A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2992).
- A habitational surname.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Scruton is the 40856th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 534 individuals. Scruton is most common among White (95.51%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scruton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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