Lesser 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 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 2
Devon 10
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 8
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 7
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 7
Lancashire 46
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 1
London 166
Middlesex 8
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 10
Surrey 0
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 8
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 10

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 7
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Lesser Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lesser family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 37
Tailoress 9
General Labourer 6
Tailor 6
Living On Own Means 4
Coal Miner 4
Cotton Weaver 4
Cigar Maker 3
Clerk 3
Governess 3
Carpenter 2
Dressmaker 2
Farmer 2
Cutter 2
Carman 2
Cook 2
General Laborer 2
Lodging House Keeper 2
Tailor Machinist 2
Living On Her Own Means 2
Publican 2
Baud Corporal 1
Commercial Traveller 1
Errand Boy 1
Helping Mother 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lesser

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lesser 53
Sarah Lesser 39
Elizabeth Lesser 38
John Lesser 38
Henry Lesser 33
William Lesser 33
Annie Lesser 29
Jane Lesser 29
James Lesser 27
Samuel Lesser 27
George Lesser 24
Charles Lesser 23
Jacob Lesser 22
Ellen Lesser 21
Hannah Lesser 21
Joseph Lesser 21
Ann Lesser 19
Arthur Lesser 19
Louis Lesser 18
Albert Lesser 17
Alice Lesser 17
Frederick Lesser 17
Eliza Lesser 15
Ernest Lesser 15
Thomas Lesser 14

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