Leighton Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 5
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 8
Cambridgeshire 7
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 91
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 29
Derbyshire 47
Devon 5
Dorset 4
Durham 318
Essex 55
Gloucestershire 120
Hampshire 20
Herefordshire 8
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 2
Kent 4
Lancashire 260
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 35
London 296
Middlesex 44
Northumberland 191
Norfolk 26
Northamptonshire 25
Nottinghamshire 36
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 144
Suffolk 25
Somerset 8
Surrey 22
Sussex 23
Staffordshire 192
Warwickshire 26
Westmorland 90
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 30
Yorkshire 344

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 10
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 16
Flintshire 74
Glamorgan 9
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 2

Leighton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Leighton family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 590
Coal Miner 63
Agricultural Labourer 41
General Labourer 37
Labourer 32
No Occupation 23
Domestic Servant 21
Dress Maker 16
General Servant 16
Laundress 12
Cotton Weaver 12
Farm Servant Indoor 12
House Keeper 11
Annuitant 10
Farm Labourer 10
Joiner 9
Clerk 8
Blacksmith 8
General Servant Domestic 7
Baker 6
Tailor 6
Charwoman 6
Cook 5
Domestic 5
Dressmaker 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Leighton

Name Census Frequency
John Leighton 1,204
William Leighton 1,187
Mary Leighton 1,148
Elizabeth Leighton 856
George Leighton 722
Thomas Leighton 678
Sarah Leighton 557
James Leighton 547
Robert Leighton 515
Jane Leighton 488
Ann Leighton 416
Margaret Leighton 384
Annie Leighton 340
Joseph Leighton 303
Charles Leighton 294
Henry Leighton 259
Eliza Leighton 255
Samuel Leighton 251
Alice Leighton 229
Ellen Leighton 223
Frederick Leighton 222
Richard Leighton 212
Edward Leighton 211
Hannah Leighton 207
Isabella Leighton 177

Leighton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Leighton 100% 19,041
2 Layton 50% 18,991
3 Laughton 75% 9,869
4 Loughton 75% 4,469
5 Lighton 88% 2,363
6 Leyton 63% 942
7 Latten 38% 247
8 Lughton 75% 232
9 Lighten 75% 133

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The surname Leighton is the most popular version of all its varients

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