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Morton

in North Carolina

There are 3,166 people with the last name "Morton" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Morton 294
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  1. is 290th most common Wade
  2. is 291st most common Ramirez
  3. is 292nd most common Tate
  4. is 293rd most common Burton
  5. is 294th most common Morton
  6. is 295th most common Ledford
  7. is 296th most common Osborne
  8. is 297th most common Church
  9. is 298th most common Cunningham

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, David, John, Charles, William, Michael, Robert, Donald, Richard, Bobby

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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