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Morton

in Indiana

There are 1,111 people with the last name "Morton" in Indiana.

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Ranking in Indiana

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Morton 525
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  1. is 521st most common Francis
  2. is 522nd most common Good
  3. is 523rd most common Potter
  4. is 524th most common Pratt
  5. is 525th most common Morton
  6. is 526th most common Atkinson
  7. is 527th most common Pittman
  8. is 528th most common Norton
  9. is 529th most common Allison

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

William, John, Robert, James, Michael, David, Larry, Kimberly, Lisa, Mary

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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