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Morton

in Washington

There are 1,271 people with the last name "Morton" in Washington.

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Morton 399
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  1. is 395th most common Vargas
  2. is 396th most common Norman
  3. is 397th most common Eaton
  4. is 398th most common Neal
  5. is 399th most common Morton
  6. is 400th most common Morrow
  7. is 401st most common Mueller
  8. is 402nd most common Sims
  9. is 403rd most common Watts

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, Robert, David, John, William, Donald, Richard, Thomas, Paul, Patricia

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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