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Morton

in the US

There are 50,613 people with the last name "Morton" in the United States.

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Morton 469
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  1. is 465th most common Pope
  2. is 466th most common Yates
  3. is 467th most common Hogan
  4. is 468th most common Lang
  5. is 469th most common Morton
  6. is 470th most common Padilla
  7. is 471st most common Tyler
  8. is 472nd most common Roth
  9. is 473rd most common Mcbride

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Morton

James, Robert, John, William, Michael, David, Richard, Mary, Charles, Thomas

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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