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Morton

in Pennsylvania

There are 1,722 people with the last name "Morton" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Morton 555
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  1. is 551st most common Connor
  2. is 552nd most common Horner
  3. is 553rd most common Kaufman
  4. is 554th most common Sims
  5. is 555th most common Morton
  6. is 556th most common Wiley
  7. is 557th most common Singh
  8. is 558th most common Best
  9. is 559th most common Eckert

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, John, David, Robert, William, Richard, Thomas, George, Mary, 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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