Scruton

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

Scruton (countable and uncountable, plural Scrutons)

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

• Scrutonian

• 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scruton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• cronuts, custron