Cruttenden

English

Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from a lost village in Kent, perhaps from Old English crūċ (“cross”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + denn (“woodland pasture”).

Proper noun

Cruttenden (plural Cruttendens)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cruttenden is the 142108^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 117 individuals. Cruttenden is most common among White (95.73%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cruttenden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 390.