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Morton

in New Hampshire

There are 319 people with the last name "Morton" in New Hampshire.

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Ranking in New Hampshire

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Morton 498
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  1. is 494th most common Melanson
  2. is 495th most common Langlois
  3. is 496th most common Hawkins
  4. is 497th most common Mayo
  5. is 498th most common Morton
  6. is 499th most common Lefebvre
  7. is 500th most common Philbrick
  8. is 501st most common Prescott
  9. is 502nd most common Tibbetts

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

John, Robert, David, Michael, James, Jennifer, Richard, Walter, Charles

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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