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Gorton

in Nebraska

There are 19 people with the last name "Gorton" in Nebraska.

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Gorton 12,528
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  1. is 12,524th most common Godkin
  2. is 12,525th most common Gollehon
  3. is 12,526th most common Goochey
  4. is 12,527th most common Gorgen
  5. is 12,528th most common Gorton
  6. is 12,529th most common Gottschall
  7. is 12,530th most common Granfield
  8. is 12,531st most common Grau
  9. is 12,532nd most common Greenway

Similar Names and Nicknames

Garton, Garten, Gort, Girton, Gartin, Gorter, Gortney, Girten, Girtain, Gortmaker

Most Common First Names for Gorton

Jon, Richard, Byron, Candace, Corie, Geraldine, Jack, Jacr, Jerry

Meaning & History

English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire, so named from Old English gor ‘dirt’, ‘mud’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

FOREBEARS Introduced in America by a family from Gorton, Lancashire, England (three miles from Manchester), the name Gorton was also adopted by a religious group known as the Gortonites. They were followers of Samuel Gorton (c. 1592–1677), whose unorthodox religious beliefs, which included denying the doctrine of the Trinity, caused him to seek religious toleration by emigrating to Boston in 1637 with his family. In conflict with authorities in Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Newport, he eventually settled in Shawomet, RI, and renamed it Warwick. He died there in 1677, leaving three sons and at least six daughters.

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