Leighs Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 10
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 10
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 9
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Leighs Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Leighs family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 9
Potters Paintress 2
Porter & Glass Dealer 1
Cook 1
Miller 1
Boy 1
Cigar Maker 1
China Warehouse Woman 1
Draper's Assistant 1
Photographer 1
Sagger Maker 1
China & Glass Merchant 1
China And Glass Dealer 1
China And Glass Dealer's Wife 1
Glass & China Dealer 1
Millers Assistant 1
Shop Keeper Toys 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Leighs

Name Census Frequency
Mary Leighs 26
Sarah Leighs 24
George Leighs 20
John Leighs 19
Henry Leighs 17
Thomas Leighs 15
Elizabeth Leighs 13
Charles Leighs 12
James Leighs 12
Alice Leighs 11
Emma Leighs 11
William Leighs 10
Alex Leighs 8
Ann Leighs 8
Alfred Leighs 7
Ellen Leighs 7
Gertrude Leighs 6
Eliza Leighs 5
Hannah Leighs 5
Harriet Leighs 5
Jane Leighs 5
Arthur Leighs 4
Charlotte Leighs 4
Fanny Leighs 4
Frank Leighs 4

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