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Morton

in Illinois

There are 1,311 people with the last name "Morton" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Morton 750
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  1. is 746th most common Esparza
  2. is 747th most common Hobbs
  3. is 748th most common Donovan
  4. is 749th most common Keith
  5. is 750th most common Morton
  6. is 751st most common Cotton
  7. is 752nd most common Galvan
  8. is 753rd most common Massey
  9. is 754th most common Bender

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, John, Linda, Mary, David, Gregory

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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