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 0
Berkshire 3
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 77
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 40
Derbyshire 72
Devon 11
Dorset 6
Durham 342
Essex 83
Gloucestershire 119
Hampshire 15
Herefordshire 10
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 29
Lancashire 266
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 22
London 233
Middlesex 64
Northumberland 164
Norfolk 57
Northamptonshire 29
Nottinghamshire 38
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 123
Suffolk 17
Somerset 8
Surrey 16
Sussex 26
Staffordshire 159
Warwickshire 19
Westmorland 79
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 33
Yorkshire 256

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 14
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 6
Flintshire 66
Glamorgan 5
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Leighton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Leighton family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 379
Coal Miner 62
General Labourer 37
Agricultural Labourer 29
Cotton Weaver 27
Domestic Servant 25
Labourer 24
Living On Her Own Means 20
Living On Own Means 20
Farmer 17
Dress Maker 17
Blacksmith 14
Laundress 14
General Servant Domestic 13
Joiner 12
General Servant 11
Tailor 10
Farm Labourer 9
Dressmaker 9
Clerk 7
Draper 7
Iron Worker 7
Grocer 6
Gardener 6
Shoe Maker 6

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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