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Morton

in Arizona

There are 777 people with the last name "Morton" in Arizona.

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Morton 653
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  1. is 649th most common Rodriquez
  2. is 650th most common York
  3. is 651st most common Conway
  4. is 652nd most common Bruce
  5. is 653rd most common Morton
  6. is 654th most common Clayton
  7. is 655th most common Hines
  8. is 656th most common Nash
  9. is 657th most common Kent

Similar Names and Nicknames

Martin, Mortensen, Martino, Mortimer, Mortenson, Martini, Martineau, Mort, Marten, Martine

Most Common First Names for Morton

John, William, Robert, David, James, Thomas, Charles, Linda, Mary, Michael

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places called Mor(e)ton, named in Old English as ‘settlement (tūn) by or on a marsh or moor (mōr)’.

Swedish: variant of Martin.

French: contracted form of Moreton 2.

Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames or of various other non-English names bearing some kind of similarity to it.

FOREBEARS The name Morton was established early in North America. George Morton (1585–1624), one of the Pilgrims, was probably born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. He and his son Nathaniel (b. 1613 in Leiden, the Netherlands) settled in Plymouth in 1623. John Morton (c.1724–77), one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born in PA, of Swedish descent. His grandfather, Morten Mortenson, had emigrated from Gothenburg in 1654.

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