Scranton

English

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Scranton (countable and uncountable)

  1. A surname.
  2. A city, the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    • 2024 May 16, Casey Gannon, “Pennsylvania man charged with threatening Biden in online video”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 23 May 2025:
      Prosecutors allege that Gee posted several videos online following Biden’s visit to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in April for a campaign event.
    • 2025 March 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celebrates ‘The Office’”, in CNN Business‎[2], archived from the original on 16 April 2025:
      Another ad features Flannery stealing a “Scranton Margarita,” which the chain will sell for $5 nationwide for one day only on April 7 to celebrate the opening of the Scranton branch.

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Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Scranton is the 13010th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2359 individuals. Scranton is most common among White (83.72%) and Black/African American (11.49%) individuals.

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