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Morton

in Washington DC

There are 171 people with the last name "Morton" in Washington DC.

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Morton 263
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  1. is 259th most common Richards
  2. is 260th most common Obrien
  3. is 261st most common Bush
  4. is 262nd most common Chen
  5. is 263rd most common Morton
  6. is 264th most common Caldwell
  7. is 265th most common Gomez
  8. is 266th most common Joseph
  9. is 267th most common Love

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

William, Yvonne, Zelda, Albert, Barbara, Bertha, Charlie, David, Deborah

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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