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Wharton

in Maryland

There are 449 people with the last name "Wharton" in Maryland.

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Wharton 1,187
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  1. is 1,183rd most common Jewell
  2. is 1,184th most common Alford
  3. is 1,185th most common Ashton
  4. is 1,186th most common Quade
  5. is 1,187th most common Wharton
  6. is 1,188th most common Donahue
  7. is 1,189th most common Gentry
  8. is 1,190th most common Figueroa
  9. is 1,191st most common Fowlkes

Similar Names and Nicknames

Whorton, Wharff, Wharry, Whartnaby, Whary, Wharam, Whartman, Wharten, Whartenby, Wharram

Most Common First Names for Wharton

John, Robert, David, William, Edward, Mary, Charles, Keith, Kimberly, Lawrence

Meaning & History

English: habitational name from any of various places called Wharton. Examples in Cheshire and Herefordshire are from an Old English river name Wæfer (derived from wæfre ‘wandering’, ‘winding’) + Old English tūn ‘settlement’; another in Lincolnshire has as its first element Old English wearde ‘beacon’ or waroð ‘shore’, ‘bank’; one in the former county of Westmorland (now part of Cumbria) is from Old English hwearf ‘wharf’, ‘embankment’ + tūn.

FOREBEARS Richard Wharton (d. 1689) emigrated from England to MA in about 1667, in search of fortune (which he did not achieve) rather than religious freedom.A very different character was the Quaker Thomas Wharton, who came from Westmoreland, England, to Philadelphia, PA, some time before 1689.

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