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Morton

in Nebraska

There are 307 people with the last name "Morton" in Nebraska.

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Ranking in Nebraska

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Morton 439
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  1. is 435th most common Hays
  2. is 436th most common Jimenez
  3. is 437th most common Kruger
  4. is 438th most common Braun
  5. is 439th most common Morton
  6. is 440th most common Robbins
  7. is 441st most common Barton
  8. is 442nd most common Moeller
  9. is 443rd most common Lawrence

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, John, Mark, Michael, Robert, David, Denise, Jeffrey, Linda, Pamela

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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