Cleg 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 5
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 23
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 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 22

Wales

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

Cleg Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cleg family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Cotton Weaver 2
Weaver 2
Independant 2
Cotton Spinner 1
Carter 1
Labourer 1
Spinner 1
Warehouseman 1
Ag Lab 1
Clerk 1
Clogger 1
Dress Maker 1
Independent 1
Lodger 1
Small Shop Keeper 1
Smith 1
Stay Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cleg

Name Census Frequency
Mary Cleg 16
John Cleg 14
Elizabeth Cleg 11
William Cleg 10
Sarah Cleg 9
Ann Cleg 8
Thomas Cleg 8
James Cleg 5
George Cleg 4
Hannah Cleg 4
Joseph Cleg 4
Albert Cleg 3
Catherine Cleg 3
Emma Cleg 3
Alice Cleg 2
Annie Cleg 2
Betty Cleg 2
Edwin Cleg 2
Ethel Cleg 2
Henry Cleg 2
Jane Cleg 2
Margaret Cleg 2
Martha Cleg 2
Mathew Cleg 2
Nanny Cleg 2

Cleg Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Clegg 80% 70,013
2 Clague 50% 6,000
3 Cleg 100% 167
4 Clauge 50% 110

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The surname Cleg is the 3rd most popular variant of Clegg.

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