Scruton
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Old Norse personal name Skurfa + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scruton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse
- English surnames from Old English