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Morton

in Colorado

There are 886 people with the last name "Morton" in Colorado.

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Morton 465
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  1. is 461st most common Gallagher
  2. is 462nd most common Hess
  3. is 463rd most common Montano
  4. is 464th most common Carson
  5. is 465th most common Morton
  6. is 466th most common Avila
  7. is 467th most common Goodman
  8. is 468th most common Wise
  9. is 469th most common Bowers

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

John, Richard, James, Michael, David, Mary, William, Thomas, Deborah, Gary

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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