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Morton

in South Carolina

There are 1,281 people with the last name "Morton" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Morton 381
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  1. is 377th most common Pope
  2. is 378th most common Epps
  3. is 379th most common Osborne
  4. is 380th most common Atkins
  5. is 381st most common Morton
  6. is 382nd most common Mcknight
  7. is 383rd most common Sloan
  8. is 384th most common Perkins
  9. is 385th most common Greer

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, Robert, Charles, William, John, Mary, David, Michael, Patricia, 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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