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 3
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 12
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 115
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 51
Derbyshire 67
Devon 6
Dorset 12
Durham 449
Essex 156
Gloucestershire 136
Hampshire 20
Herefordshire 57
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 2
Kent 26
Lancashire 351
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 30
London 273
Middlesex 59
Northumberland 221
Norfolk 41
Northamptonshire 21
Nottinghamshire 60
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 113
Suffolk 49
Somerset 12
Surrey 31
Sussex 39
Staffordshire 249
Warwickshire 37
Westmorland 61
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 55
Yorkshire 389

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 27
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 9
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 19
Flintshire 61
Glamorgan 5
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 10
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 7
Radnorshire 3

Leighton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Leighton family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 37
General Labourer 37
General Servant Domestic 25
Scholar 25
Coal Miner Hewer 23
Cook Domestic 22
Dress Maker 21
Farmer 19
Cotton Weaver 16
Commercial Clerk 15
Domestic Servant 14
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 11
Agricultural Labourer 10
School 10
Dressmaker 9
House Keeper Domestic 8
Coal Hewer 8
Housemaid Domestic 7
School Teacher 7
School Boy 7
Blacksmith 7
Laundress Wash 7
Coal Miner C Hewer 7
Boot Maker 6
Farmer's Son F Rel 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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