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 7
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 16
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 132
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 45
Derbyshire 62
Devon 4
Dorset 11
Durham 505
Essex 173
Gloucestershire 126
Hampshire 42
Herefordshire 59
Hertfordshire 20
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 3
Isle of Man 7
Kent 41
Lancashire 420
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 23
London 323
Middlesex 71
Northumberland 230
Norfolk 44
Northamptonshire 21
Nottinghamshire 66
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 3
Shropshire 152
Suffolk 55
Somerset 6
Surrey 45
Sussex 52
Staffordshire 300
Warwickshire 68
Westmorland 58
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 78
Yorkshire 463

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 31
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 28
Flintshire 48
Glamorgan 30
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 10
Monmouthshire 16
Pembrokeshire 8
Radnorshire 5

Leighton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Leighton family

Profession Census Frequency
School 365
Coal Miner Hewer 41
Private Means 38
Labourer 34
None 26
General Labourer 25
Farmer 22
General Servant (domestic) 21
Dressmaker 20
Clerk 17
Farm Labourer 16
Cotton Weaver 15
No Occupation 14
At School 14
Weaver 12
At Home 10
Dress Maker 10
Housekeeper 10
Blacksmith 10
Shop Assistant 10
Student 9
General Servant Domestic 9
House Keeper 9
Bricklayer 8
Farmers Son Working On Farm 8

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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