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Morton

in Minnesota

There are 494 people with the last name "Morton" in Minnesota.

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Morton 888
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  1. is 884th most common Driscoll
  2. is 885th most common Maurer
  3. is 886th most common Singh
  4. is 887th most common Mccann
  5. is 888th most common Morton
  6. is 889th most common Charles
  7. is 890th most common Deboer
  8. is 891st most common Holden
  9. is 892nd most common Michels

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

Michael, John, Jeff, James, Jeremy, Mary, Daniel, Thomas, William, Christopher

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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