as a Last Name
- 66,920
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Morton
Meaning & Origins
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)’.
| 491st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 66,920
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Tennessee
- has the most people named Morton per capita
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