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Morton

in New York

There are 1,707 people with the last name "Morton" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

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Morton 821
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  1. is 817th most common Watts
  2. is 818th most common Carbone
  3. is 819th most common Booth
  4. is 820th most common Nowak
  5. is 821st most common Morton
  6. is 822nd most common Ferris
  7. is 823rd most common Donahue
  8. is 824th most common Cullen
  9. is 825th most common Rodgers

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, Robert, William, John, Thomas, David, Mary, Patricia, Sandra, Michael

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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