Laigh 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 4
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 0
Lancashire 2
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 2
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Laigh Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Laigh family

Profession Census Frequency
Joiner 1
Clerk 1
Grocer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Laigh

Name Census Frequency
James Laigh 6
Mary Laigh 6
Alice Laigh 5
Elizabeth Laigh 5
Alfred Laigh 4
Ann Laigh 4
William Laigh 4
Annie Laigh 3
Charles Laigh 3
Sarah Laigh 3
Edward Laigh 2
Emily Laigh 2
Fanny Laigh 2
Florence Laigh 2
George Laigh 2
Henry Laigh 2
Herbert Laigh 2
John Laigh 2
Margaret Laigh 2
Albert Laigh 1
Anna Laigh 1
Arthur Laigh 1
Charlotte Laigh 1
Davey Laigh 1
Dennis Laigh 1

Laigh Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Leigh 80% 51,671
2 Lay 40% 17,630
3 Ley 20% 10,502
4 Lough 60% 4,196
5 Lait 60% 2,735
6 Lugh 60% 755
7 Legh 60% 706
8 Laye 40% 642
9 Laugh 80% 320
10 Lighe 60% 275
11 Laitt 60% 250
12 Ligh 80% 160
13 Laigh 100% 109

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The surname Laigh is the 13th most popular variant of Leigh.

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