Last Name MORTON

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Meaning Local: Of Morton, i.e. the moor-ton, the farm or enclosure on the moor. This naturally has given birth to many place-names, and as consequence surnames. There are places large and small hamlets and parishes, styled Morton in counties Derby, Lincoln, Nottingham, York, Worcester, Warwick, Durham, Hereford, Norfolk, Northampton, etc.
Local: from the parish of Morton in Dumfriesshire.
Local: From the parish of Morton, in Nithsdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. 'Mor,' big, great, and 'dun,' 'ton,' a hill.
Origin English, Scottish, Gaelic, Jewish, Swedish, Irish, Maori, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 509 (2000 US census) 462 (1990 US census)
Count 58,788 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.94%, or 44644 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 19.46%, or 11440 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.51%, or 300 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.77%, or 453 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.76%, or 1035 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.57%, or 923 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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