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Morton

in Mississippi

There are 533 people with the last name "Morton" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

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Morton 681
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  1. is 677th most common Lamb
  2. is 678th most common Patel
  3. is 679th most common Heard
  4. is 680th most common Waters
  5. is 681st most common Morton
  6. is 682nd most common Beck
  7. is 683rd most common Self
  8. is 684th most common Rawls
  9. is 685th most common Ervin

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, Robert, Charles, John, William, Barbara, Billy, Mary, Richard, Linda

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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