Dorton Family History
Dorton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Buckinghamshire named
Dorton, from Old English dor ‘narrow pass’ + tun
‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Dorton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dorton families
 17 - 31  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dorton families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dorton families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dorton Family Origin
Dorton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Dorton
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Dorton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Dorton Civil War Service Records
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