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Morton

in Missouri

There are 1,461 people with the last name "Morton" in Missouri.

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Morton 374
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  1. is 370th most common Wilkerson
  2. is 371st most common Dalton
  3. is 372nd most common Maxwell
  4. is 373rd most common Daniel
  5. is 374th most common Morton
  6. is 375th most common Farris
  7. is 376th most common Schwartz
  8. is 377th most common Mcdowell
  9. is 378th most common Gross

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

Robert, Michael, James, David, John, Richard, William, Linda, Mary, Brenda

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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