Brunton

English Etymology From a metathesized form of en ang burna stream + ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town. This surname is also common in Ireland. Proper noun ~ s en uncountable A placename: en village par/Newton-by-the-Sea co/Northumberland cc/England OS grid ref NU2024. en hamlet par/Collingbourne Kingston co/Wiltshire cc/England OS grid ref SU2456. en hamlet near city/Cupar carea/Fife cc/Scotland OS grid ref NO3220. en countable en habitational Old English. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Brunton is the 14070th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2139 individuals. Brunton is most common among White (91.91%) individuals. Noun en informal en Brunton compass. en 2009 Tom Freeman Procedures in Field Geology 13 USING A BRUNTON AS A PROTRACTORIf you find yourself without a protractor for plotting rays on a map in the field—as you must do when triangulating—you can first field-orient your map and then use the Brunton as a protractor Further reading en eponyms