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Morton

in New Jersey

There are 1,081 people with the last name "Morton" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Morton 607
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  1. is 603rd most common Sharp
  2. is 604th most common Palumbo
  3. is 605th most common Gentile
  4. is 606th most common Levin
  5. is 607th most common Morton
  6. is 608th most common Rowe
  7. is 609th most common Buckley
  8. is 610th most common Dwyer
  9. is 611th most common Horn

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

Robert, James, John, David, Michael, Edward, William, Mary, Linda, Barbara

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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