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Morton

in Nevada

There are 395 people with the last name "Morton" in Nevada.

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  1. is 496th most common Osborne
  2. is 497th most common Beltran
  3. is 498th most common Sorensen
  4. is 499th most common Mathews
  5. is 500th most common Morton
  6. is 501st most common Wolfe
  7. is 502nd most common Magana
  8. is 503rd most common Roman
  9. is 504th most common Jennings

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

Robert, David, Michael, Barbara, James, John, Pamela, Scott, Steven, Thomas

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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