Moreton is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Moreton
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Moreton

How popular is Moreton?

Moreton is common in England.

Moreton is ranked 56908 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Moreton bearers increased by 3.164557 per cent in 2010 US census to 652 since 2000, the surname slipped by 675 spots and ranked at 34668. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.58 89.72
Hispanic or Latino 7.36 7.59
Others 2.3 0
Black 1.84 0.79
Moreton is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 8191 people have been found who wears Moreton as their family name. Moreton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,542 China4
90,215 Germany3
18,718 Thailand2
124,220 Italy2
20,837 Venezuela2
41,879 Turkey2
50,549 Georgia1
10,683 Cyprus1
17,768 Pakistan1
2,374 Bermuda1
37,493 Austria1
91,024 Belgium1
25,746 Finland1
40,340 Malaysia1
492,292 Ukraine1
1,818 Guernsey1
16,640 Hong Kong1
36,678 Singapore1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
21,562 Portugal1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
7,570 Ireland38
32,811 Sweden29
36,547 Switzerland27
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with hundreds of Moreton:
30,662 United States964
22,607 Brazil556
6,140 Australia473
8,935 Spain431
1,356 Wales293
21,535 South Africa274
14,400 Canada261
38,971 France257
3,226 New Zealand237
3,317 Scotland190
44,861 Argentina105
Countries with thousands of Moreton:
2,005 England3,963
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 13 years old maid Delia Moreton who was residing in Ireland migrated to New-York on April 6, 1849 by L.Z. put out from Liverpool. Anne Moreton, aged 24, Michael Moreton, aged 20, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

M
Moreton
Moreton is a more diminutive nickname pointing to a brown man of skin like a Moor.

Moreton Namesakes

  • Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Author
  • Kevin Moreton, Actor
  • Kevin Moreton, Actor
  • Kevin Moreton, Actor
  • N. Edwina Moreton, Author
  • Kevin Moreton, Actor
  • Edward Moreton Palin, Engineer
  • Romaine Moreton, Screenwriter

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