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Morton

in Kansas

There are 553 people with the last name "Morton" in Kansas.

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Morton 423
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  1. is 419th most common Stucky
  2. is 420th most common Wiley
  3. is 421st most common Stark
  4. is 422nd most common Tran
  5. is 423rd most common Morton
  6. is 424th most common Holloway
  7. is 425th most common Greene
  8. is 426th most common Moreno
  9. is 427th most common Coffman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

Michael, James, John, Karen, Linda, Barbara, Mary, Craig, David, 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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