Leahey 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 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 14
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 6
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Leahey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Leahey family

Profession Census Frequency
Excavator 1
Private 77th Foot 1
Charwoman 1
Dealer In Mariner Stores 1
Mariner Store Dealer 1
Mariner Store Dealer Sorter 1
Servant 1
Tailor 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Scholar 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Leahey

Name Census Frequency
John Leahey 29
Mary Leahey 28
Thomas Leahey 21
James Leahey 18
William Leahey 18
Elizabeth Leahey 12
Patrick Leahey 12
Catherine Leahey 11
Eliza Leahey 10
Margaret Leahey 9
Annie Leahey 8
Ellen Leahey 8
Michael Leahey 8
Daniel Leahey 7
Dennis Leahey 7
Bridget Leahey 6
Edith Leahey 6
Edward Leahey 6
Joseph Leahey 6
Sarah Leahey 6
David Leahey 5
Francis Leahey 5
Alice Leahey 4
George Leahey 4
Maria Leahey 4

Leahey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Leahy 83% 2,555
2 Leahey 100% 359
3 Lahey 83% 144

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The surname Leahey is the 2nd most popular variant of Leahy.

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