Scruton

English

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Skurfa + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Scruton (countable and uncountable, plural Scrutons)

1. A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2992).
2. A habitational surname.

Derived terms

• Scrutonian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Scruton is the 40856^th 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.

Anagrams

• cronuts, custron