Scruton Surname

219,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,865 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Scruton Surname Definition:

(N. English or Scandinavian) belonging To Scruton (N. Yorks), 14th cent. Scruton, the Domesday Scurueton(e= Scurfa’s or Skurfa’s Farmstead [Old English Old Norse tún, enclosure, farm, etc.: the pers. name is a descriptive nickname for a scurvy individual from either Old Northern English scurf, scruf, or O.

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Scruton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7291:497,20041,845
England6651:83,7879,230
Canada2861:128,83113,423
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
Australia391:692,19746,687
Gibraltar351:970205
Wales261:119,0209,008
Scotland181:297,43413,849
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5361:45,4765,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1481:339,31526,182

Scruton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(N. English or Scandinavian) belonging To Scruton (N. Yorks), 14th cent. Scruton, the Domesday Scurueton(e= Scurfa’s or Skurfa’s Farmstead [Old English Old Norse tún, enclosure, farm, etc.: the pers. name is a descriptive nickname for a scurvy individual from either Old Northern English scurf, scruf, or O.West Norse skurfa (Dano-Norwegian skurv), scurf: a Scandinavian jarl, Scurfa (for Skurfa), is mentioned in the A. - Saxon Chronicle under 911 as being killed in that year: Biörkman (‘Nordische Personennamen in England,’ p. 124) notes from Finnur Jónsson the occurrence of Skurfa as an O.Scand. nickname; and Scurf is enumerated as an O.Dan. name (Nielsen, ‘Olddanske Person navne, p. 85)—so that the place-name is most likely Scandinavian]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Scruton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scruton is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Scruton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 219,336th most common last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,907,531 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Scruton reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Scruton is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 729 people, or 1 in 497,200. In The United States Scruton is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 15 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 10 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 20 countries. It is also found in England, where 36 percent reside and Canada, where 15 percent reside.

Scruton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Scruton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 493 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 124 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Scruton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Scruton last name are 0.73% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.5% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Scruton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 483.06% more than the national average, earning R 1,385,580 per year; in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.31% more than the national average, earning $54,310 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scrutton93705/
Scrouton930/
Cruton922/
Scruttonc881/
Srutton861/
Crutton860/
Cruhton860/
Cruiton860/
Crouthon805/
Scrotton800/
Crutan77153/
Jruton771/
Sroton770/
Sruthan713/
Schroutham591/
Shrustam531/

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