Lorton Family History
Lorton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from places so named in Cumbria,
probably so named from an Old English river name Hlóra
nmeaning ‘the roaring one’ + Old English tun
‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Lorton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lorton families
 27 - 52  10 - 26 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lorton families
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33 - 63 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lorton families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Lorton Family Origin
Lorton Immigration Information
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Lorton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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