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Morton


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Origin Of The Surname Morton

Meaning Of The Surname Morton

Settlement by the moor

Interesting Facts About Morton

There are numerous different spellings recorded for this surname such as Morten, Moorton and Moutron to name a few. This name is built up from the two Old English components of ‘mor’ which means farm and ‘tun’ which means settlement. This name can be found equally amongst Scotland, Ireland and England and was first recorded in Wiltshire in 1130 of Robert de Mortone.

Morton Statistics

Morton is the number 331 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 27,623 share the surname Morton in the UK.

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