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Morton

in Utah

There are 394 people with the last name "Morton" in Utah.

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Ranking in Utah

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Morton 689
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  1. is 685th most common Holman
  2. is 686th most common Morrill
  3. is 687th most common Thatcher
  4. is 688th most common Hiatt
  5. is 689th most common Morton
  6. is 690th most common Nebeker
  7. is 691st most common Platt
  8. is 692nd most common Bassett
  9. is 693rd most common Casper

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

John, Robert, David, Michael, James, Joseph, Steven, Cathy, Daniel, Jeffery

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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