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Origin Of The Surname Moreton
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Meaning Of The Surname Moreton
From the Town by the Moor
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Interesting
Facts About
Moreton
Moreton is a locational surname, originating from one of any places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the Old English ‘mor’ meaning a moor, combined with ‘tun’ meaning a settlement. Places with this name would have had their original foundations built on or next to a moor. |
Moreton Statistics
Moreton is the number 1646 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,342 share the surname Moreton in the UK.
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