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Morton

in Arkansas

There are 670 people with the last name "Morton" in Arkansas.

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Ranking in Arkansas

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Morton 492
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  1. is 488th most common Roach
  2. is 489th most common Bryan
  3. is 490th most common Elmore
  4. is 491st most common Hines
  5. is 492nd most common Morton
  6. is 493rd most common Gilmore
  7. is 494th most common Cantrell
  8. is 495th most common Meyer
  9. is 496th most common Vance

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

Michael, David, Robert, William, John, Judy, Barbara, Charles, Donald, Larry

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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