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Morton

in Iowa

There are 411 people with the last name "Morton" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Morton 663
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  1. is 659th most common Coffman
  2. is 660th most common Wilkins
  3. is 661st most common Shipley
  4. is 662nd most common Menke
  5. is 663rd most common Morton
  6. is 664th most common Wulf
  7. is 665th most common Carey
  8. is 666th most common Vos
  9. is 667th most common York

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

Robert, John, Mary, Michael, Richard, William, James, Julie, Bill, Jason

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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