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Morton

in Tennessee

There are 2,290 people with the last name "Morton" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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Morton 301
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  1. is 297th most common Norman
  2. is 298th most common Burgess
  3. is 299th most common Hopkins
  4. is 300th most common Moody
  5. is 301st most common Morton
  6. is 302nd most common Beard
  7. is 303rd most common Richards
  8. is 304th most common Floyd
  9. is 305th most common Wolfe

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, John, William, Robert, Charles, David, George, Michael, Mary, Donald

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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