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Morton

in New Mexico

There are 186 people with the last name "Morton" in New Mexico.

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Ranking in New Mexico

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Morton 899
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  1. is 895th most common Walter
  2. is 896th most common Wilkins
  3. is 897th most common Adkins
  4. is 898th most common Hampton
  5. is 899th most common Morton
  6. is 900th most common Boyer
  7. is 901st most common Galloway
  8. is 902nd most common Herman
  9. is 903rd most common Kramer

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

John, Michael, Bill, Don, Donald, James, Richard, Robert, Thomas, Wendi

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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