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Morton

in Connecticut

There are 569 people with the last name "Morton" in Connecticut.

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Morton 526
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  1. is 522nd most common Christensen
  2. is 523rd most common Lugo
  3. is 524th most common Bauer
  4. is 525th most common Hoyt
  5. is 526th most common Morton
  6. is 527th most common Egan
  7. is 528th most common Healy
  8. is 529th most common Berger
  9. is 530th most common Cameron

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

Robert, Michael, William, John, Barbara, Frank, James, Jason, Richard, David

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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