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bruton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place in Somerset named Bruton, ‘settlement (Old English tun) on the Brue river’. The river name is derived from a British element cognate with Welsh bryw ‘brisk’, ‘vigorous’.

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Distribution of bruton Families in the US in 1920
Number of bruton families
 44-86
 15-43		 1-14
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Brutons of Central Texas Jeffrey Bruton 17
Zephyr Lena Violet Bruton, Texas Brutons olivebunny 0
Euphemia/Euphamy (Bruton) Sartain patriciairvin 0
in Australia terrybruton_1 0
george bruton (17??)NC - (1836)TN stewart ls8043 2
Brutons in Ireland (Galway) Yvonne Bruton 12
The Bruton Immigrant Ancestor Brad Bruton 10
BRUTON IN NEW YORK CITY SEANMICHAELS1FAN 0
James H. Bruton, North Carolina trojangrl69 0
Phillip and Zylphia Bruton descendents rebbmoss 0
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