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Morton

in Virginia

There are 1,950 people with the last name "Morton" in Virginia.

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Morton 348
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  1. is 344th most common Joyner
  2. is 345th most common Dudley
  3. is 346th most common Kidd
  4. is 347th most common Page
  5. is 348th most common Morton
  6. is 349th most common Sutton
  7. is 350th most common Waller
  8. is 351st most common Pugh
  9. is 352nd most common Sims

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

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

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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