Bruton Family History
Bruton Name Meaning
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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bruton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bruton families
 44 - 86  15 - 43 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bruton families
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122 - 241 41 - 121 |
1 - 40 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bruton Family Origin
Bruton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Bruton
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Bruton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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