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Morton

in Maryland

There are 1,310 people with the last name "Morton" in Maryland.

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Morton 346
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  1. is 342nd most common Savage
  2. is 343rd most common Dickerson
  3. is 344th most common Tran
  4. is 345th most common Romero
  5. is 346th most common Morton
  6. is 347th most common Wilkins
  7. is 348th most common Harmon
  8. is 349th most common Beck
  9. is 350th most common Parsons

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

John, William, James, Thomas, Robert, Michael, Charles, David, Eric, Lisa

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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