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Gorton

in Kansas

There are 92 people with the last name "Gorton" in Kansas.

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Gorton 3,452
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  1. is 3,448th most common Emig
  2. is 3,449th most common Enright
  3. is 3,450th most common Ericson
  4. is 3,451st most common Glaser
  5. is 3,452nd most common Gorton
  6. is 3,453rd most common Haun
  7. is 3,454th most common Hinshaw
  8. is 3,455th most common Hooker
  9. is 3,456th most common Horinek

Similar Names and Nicknames

Garton, Garten, Gort, Girton, Gartin, Gorter, Gortney, Girten, Girtain, Gortmaker

Most Common First Names for Gorton

Jerry, Christopher, Cindy, David, Debbie, Don, Horace, Jane, Lyle, Nathan

Meaning & History

English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire, so named from Old English gor ‘dirt’, ‘mud’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

FOREBEARS Introduced in America by a family from Gorton, Lancashire, England (three miles from Manchester), the name Gorton was also adopted by a religious group known as the Gortonites. They were followers of Samuel Gorton (c. 1592–1677), whose unorthodox religious beliefs, which included denying the doctrine of the Trinity, caused him to seek religious toleration by emigrating to Boston in 1637 with his family. In conflict with authorities in Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Newport, he eventually settled in Shawomet, RI, and renamed it Warwick. He died there in 1677, leaving three sons and at least six daughters.

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