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Morton

in Delaware

There are 185 people with the last name "Morton" in Delaware.

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Ranking in Delaware

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Morton 466
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  1. is 462nd most common Sherman
  2. is 463rd most common Vasquez
  3. is 464th most common Cummings
  4. is 465th most common Malone
  5. is 466th most common Morton
  6. is 467th most common Tate
  7. is 468th most common Tull
  8. is 469th most common Bullock
  9. is 470th most common Byrd

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

John, Michael, Charles, Craig, James, Robert, William, Daniel, Dennis, Edmon

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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