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Morton

in Georgia

There are 1,683 people with the last name "Morton" in Georgia.

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Ranking in Georgia

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Morton 589
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  1. is 585th most common Joyner
  2. is 586th most common Gill
  3. is 587th most common Stevenson
  4. is 588th most common Walls
  5. is 589th most common Morton
  6. is 590th most common Sanford
  7. is 591st most common Adkins
  8. is 592nd most common Thomason
  9. is 593rd most common Bray

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, Robert, William, Michael, Richard, Charles, John, David, Barbara, Jerry

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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