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Morton name meaning

First Name
12k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
59k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

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Origin and Meaning of Morton

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English
70%
American
20%
Danish
10%

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  1. United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
    Synonyms: ferdinand joseph la menthe morton and jelly roll morton
Wiktionary
  1. Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh".
    1. A small city, the county seat of Cochran County, Texas, United States.
  2. An English and Scottish habitational surname​ from the placename.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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Notable Persons Named Morton

Notable Persons Named Morton

Gary Morton

Gary Morton was an actor, comedian, and producer. He was most prominent from 1965 to 1990. Gary was given the name Morton Goldaper on December 19th, 1924. He left this life on March 30th, 1999.

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Mort Garson

Mort Garson was an electronic music, easy listening, rock music, and pop music composer, arrangement, and songwriter. His most notable accomplishments were from 1940 to 1980. Mort was given the name Morton S. Garson on July 20th, 1924 in Saint John, New Brunswick. He left this life on January 4th, 2008.

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Mort Sahl

Mort Sahl is a political satire and improvisational theatre comedian. Mort was given the name Morton Lyon Sahl on May 11th, 1927 in Montreal.

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Morton Sobell

Morton Sobell is a criminal.

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Morton Downey, Jr.

Morton Downey, Jr. was a talk show, singing, actor, disc jockey, talk show host, and singer. Morton was given the name Sean Morton Downey on December 9th, 1932 in Los Angeles. They died on March 12th, 2001.

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Marty Allen

Marty was given the name Morton David Alpern on March 23rd, 1922 in Pittsburgh.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Morton

Notable Persons With the Last Name Morton

Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton is an actress. She has had major accomplishments since 1991. Samantha was given the name Samantha Jane Morton on May 13th, 1977 in Nottingham, England.

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Ricky Morton

Ricky Morton is a wrestler. Ricky was born on September 21st, 1956 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Joe Morton

Joe Morton is an actor. He has been prominent since 1970. Joe was given the name Joseph Thomas Morton, Jr. on October 18th, 1947 in New York City, New York, U.S.

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Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton was a ragtime, jazz, twelve-bar blues, dixieland, and swing music vaudeville comedian, bandleader, composer, arranger, and vaudeville. He holds the title Tiger Rag". His most notable accomplishments were from 1900 to 1941. Jelly was given the name Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe on October 20th, 1890 in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Jelly is also known as Jelly Roll Morton. He passed away on July 10th, 1941.

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Gary Morton

Gary Morton was an actor, comedian, and producer. He was most prominent from 1965 to 1990. Gary was given the name Morton Goldaper on December 19th, 1924. He left this life on March 30th, 1999.

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PJ Morton

PJ Morton is a singer, musician, record producer, and singing. He plays Keyboard instrument, Synthesizer, Piano, Organ (music), and Vocals. He has had major accomplishments since 2001. PJ was given the name Paul Morton, Jr. on March 29th, 1981 in New Orleans.

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  • Amy Morton
    Actress
  • Levi P. Morton
    Office Holder
  • William Thomas Green Morton
    Scientist
  • Dudley Walker Morton
    Military Person
  • Peter Morton
    Businessman
  • Michael Morton
  • Kate Morton
  • Samuel George Morton
    Physician
  • James Morton
    Author
  • Rogers C. B. Morton
    Office Holder
  • John Morton
    Farmer
  • Andrew Keith Paul Morton
    Programmer
  • Thruston Ballard Morton
    Senator
  • Henry Vollam Morton
    Journalist

Common last names for Morton

Common first names for Morton

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Morton U.S.
█  White 74.00% 64.26%
█  African American 19.74% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.66% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.86% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.29% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.45% 16.26%

Of Last Name Morton

People with the last name Morton are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Morton

  • What name lists does Morton rank for?
    #568Popular Surnames
    #135 Last Name First Names
    #81Old-Fashioned Boy Names
  • How Popular is the name Morton? Morton is the 2,282nd most popular name of all time. As a last name Morton was the 568th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Morton have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 12,333 babies born with the first name Morton in the United States. That's more than enough people named Morton to occupy the country of Tuvalu with an estimated population of 10,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Morton? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 16 new born babies.
  • When was Morton first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Morton is Sunday, August 28th, 1870.
  • What year had the most people named Morton born? The highest recorded use of the first name Morton was in 1923 with a total of 482 babies.
  • Random Morton Factoid: According to the 1925 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Morton ranks 108th in popularity as a baby boy's name in District of Columbia. Imagine that, 5 babies in District of Columbia have the same name in 1925.
  • Weird things about the name Morton: The name spelled backwards is Notrom. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Mntoro. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Morton? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 59,213 people with the last name Morton.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Morton? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 20 of them will have Morton as their last name.
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