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Morton

in Texas

There are 4,008 people with the last name "Morton" in Texas.

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Morton 551
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  1. is 547th most common Horn
  2. is 548th most common Leonard
  3. is 549th most common Hansen
  4. is 550th most common Mireles
  5. is 551st most common Morton
  6. is 552nd most common Serna
  7. is 553rd most common Charles
  8. is 554th most common Steele
  9. is 555th most common Pruitt

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, Robert, John, Michael, David, William, Charles, Mary, Richard, Thomas

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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