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Morton

in Louisiana

There are 573 people with the last name "Morton" in Louisiana.

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Ranking in Louisiana

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Morton 935
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  1. is 931st most common Maddox
  2. is 932nd most common Brasseaux
  3. is 933rd most common Giroir
  4. is 934th most common Hartman
  5. is 935th most common Morton
  6. is 936th most common Drake
  7. is 937th most common Perrin
  8. is 938th most common Pope
  9. is 939th most common Sawyer

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

John, Charles, James, Michael, Robert, Joseph, Barbara, Linda, 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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