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Morton

in Florida

There are 2,790 people with the last name "Morton" in Florida.

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Morton 597
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  1. is 593rd most common Kemp
  2. is 594th most common Menendez
  3. is 595th most common Pereira
  4. is 596th most common Garner
  5. is 597th most common Morton
  6. is 598th most common Oneal
  7. is 599th most common Mcguire
  8. is 600th most common Logan
  9. is 601st most common Baez

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, Robert, John, Thomas, Michael, William, David, Richard, Donald, Paul

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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