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Morton

in California

There are 3,602 people with the last name "Morton" in California.

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Morton 729
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  1. is 725th most common Arevalo
  2. is 726th most common Davila
  3. is 727th most common Mcbride
  4. is 728th most common Pratt
  5. is 729th most common Morton
  6. is 730th most common Gamboa
  7. is 731st most common Galvez
  8. is 732nd most common Hartman
  9. is 733rd most common Tyler

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, John, Robert, David, William, Thomas, Richard, 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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