Scruby Surname

539,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Scruby Surname Definition:

(Scandinavian) belonging to Scrooby (Notts), 13th cent. Scrobby, Domesday Scrobye.

[Old Norse bý-r farm, estate: apparently the first element is the pers. name, Scropi or Scroppi (Skro(p)pi), seen in the ‘Scroppen þorpe’ of a Notts charter a.

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Scruby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3051:182,68216,414
United States1661:2,183,488137,532
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Australia291:930,88655,860
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Wales41:773,63329,106
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2341:104,16810,414
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Scruby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scandinavian) belonging to Scrooby (Notts), 13th cent. Scrobby, Domesday Scrobye.

[Old Norse bý-r farm, estate: apparently the first element is the pers. name, Scropi or Scroppi (Skro(p)pi), seen in the ‘Scroppen þorpe’ of a Notts charter a.d. 958 (‘Cart. Sax.’ no. 1044) and noted by Rygh, . ‘Gamle [Old] Personnavne’ (p. 226), as occurring in the name of two places in Norway called ‘Skroparud’ (Skropa-, genit. of Skropi).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Scrooby, a parish in Nottinghamshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Scrooby; a location name in Lincolnshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Scrubys perhaps hail originally from Scrooby, a parish in Notts The Seabrooks of Essex are at present numerous in the Kelvedon district, and the name was represented in that part of the county 200 years ago, when there was a Colchester family of the name, one of its members being mayor of the town in 1691 (C.). A family of Seabrooke lived in Aveley in the reign of James I. (P.). The Uphall estate, Barking, was in the possession of a family of Seabrooke in the 17th and 18th centuries, but before the present century the estate passed into other hands (W.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Scruby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Scruby Come From? nationality or country of origin

Scruby is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Scruby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scruby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 539,451st most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Scruby are found; 54 percent are found in Northern Europe and 54 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 182,682. In England Scruby is most frequent in: Nottinghamshire, where 13 percent live, Greater London, where 11 percent live and Cambridgeshire, where 10 percent live. Outside of England it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Scruby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Scruby has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Scruby last name expanded 130 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 361 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Scruby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scruby last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Scruby earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.59% more than the national average, earning R 438,648 per year; in United States they earn 11.02% more than the national average, earning $47,906 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.87% less than the national average, earning $46,269 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schruby9216/
Scrubey923/
Scrueby920/
Cruby917/
Sruby910/
Schrubey866/
Scruba83164/
Scroby8355/
Skruby8314/
Shruby839/
Chruby837/
Scrube831/
Scriby830/
Crauby830/
Scrooby77843/
Schruba77123/
Sczruba7715/
Skruboy772/
Srubych771/
Scrubie771/
Schrube770/
Sruba7389/
Crube735/
Sroby731/
Crubi731/
Srube730/
Schraube7171/
Schruber7125/
Skruibys7115/
Schrooby711/
Schrubee711/
Schroube710/
Szruba67114/
Scrobe6776/
Skrube6773/
Skruba6769/
Shruba6727/
Srubis6716/
Srobey677/
Scroba674/
Sruber674/
Srubei671/
Srroby671/
Sjrube670/
Screubetz670/

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