Last Name ORTON

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Meaning Local: Of Orton, parishes in dioceses Norwich, Peterboroughm Ely, and Carlisle. All these places seem to have contributed their share of surnames.
Local: From the town of Orton, in Westmoreland, England. Gaelic, 'Ord,' a hill of a round form and steep, and 'ton,' a town a fortress.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 5,154 (2000 US census) 4,958 (1990 US census)
Count 6,246 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.63%, or 5848 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.35%, or 147 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.53%, or 33 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.59%, or 37 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.3%, or 81 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.6%, or 100 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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