Mortimer Family History
Mortimer Name Meaning
English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish (of Norman origin):
habitational name from Mortemer in Seine-Maritime, France, so called
from Old French mort(e) ‘dead’ + mer ‘sea’ (Latin
mare). The place name probably referred to a stagnant pond or
partly drained swamp; there may also have been an allusion to the
Biblical Dead Sea seen by crusaders. The Norman surname was taken to
Ireland from England in the medieval period, where it has also been
adopted by bearers of the Gaelic surnames Mac Muircheartaigh
and ÓMuircheartaigh, commonly Anglicized as McMurty
and Mortagh. Compare McMurdo.
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Name Distribution of Mortimer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mortimer families
 87 - 171  30 - 86 |
 1 - 29  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mortimer families
|
937 - 1,871 313 - 936 |
1 - 312 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mortimer families
|
113 - 223 38 - 112 |
1 - 37 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Mortimer Family Origin
Mortimer Immigration Information
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Mortimer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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