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Morton

in Kentucky

There are 1,150 people with the last name "Morton" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Morton 461
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  1. is 457th most common Huffman
  2. is 458th most common Reid
  3. is 459th most common Durbin
  4. is 460th most common Harvey
  5. is 461st most common Morton
  6. is 462nd most common Travis
  7. is 463rd most common Baldwin
  8. is 464th most common Calhoun
  9. is 465th most common Hernandez

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

Mary, John, James, Robert, Lawrence, Thomas, Michael, David, Barbara, Billy

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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