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Morton

in Maine

There are 571 people with the last name "Morton" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Morton 314
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  1. is 310th most common Bridges
  2. is 311th most common Dumont
  3. is 312th most common Hardy
  4. is 313th most common Veilleux
  5. is 314th most common Morton
  6. is 315th most common Buck
  7. is 316th most common Chandler
  8. is 317th most common Fitzgerald
  9. is 318th most common Foley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

John, David, Richard, Robert, Michael, Deborah, Donald, Ronald, Thomas

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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