# Murton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/murton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 362 |
| US rank (2010) | 56,444 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 852,888 people |
| Change since 2000 | -20.8% (457 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh, fen”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Murton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Similar surnames

Morton, Martone, Marton, Merton, Martinez, Martin, Martins, Martino, Mortensen, Martens, Martines, Martini.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.