Lea Name Meaning: A locational surname coming from a clearing in a wood or forest buy may also describe a meadow
From Olde English 'leah', meaning 'an open place'.
Discover how your Lea ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 3 |
Buckinghamshire | 1 |
Berkshire | 49 |
Cambridgeshire | 13 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 674 |
Cornwall | 7 |
Cumberland | 1 |
Derbyshire | 29 |
Devon | 29 |
Dorset | 3 |
Durham | 23 |
Essex | 39 |
Gloucestershire | 170 |
Hampshire | 26 |
Herefordshire | 26 |
Hertfordshire | 45 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 7 |
Kent | 48 |
Lancashire | 1,413 |
Leicestershire | 75 |
Lincolnshire | 28 |
London | 605 |
Middlesex | 43 |
Northumberland | 1 |
Norfolk | 9 |
Northamptonshire | 96 |
Nottinghamshire | 22 |
Oxfordshire | 17 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 194 |
Suffolk | 11 |
Somerset | 23 |
Surrey | 36 |
Sussex | 28 |
Staffordshire | 500 |
Warwickshire | 501 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 87 |
Worcestershire | 372 |
Yorkshire | 220 |
Anglesey | 1 |
Brecknockshire | 3 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 1 |
Carmarthenshire | 1 |
Denbighshire | 61 |
Flintshire | 9 |
Glamorgan | 15 |
Merionethshire | 3 |
Montgomeryshire | 8 |
Monmouthshire | 11 |
Pembrokeshire | 20 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
Scholar | 1,128 |
Domestic Servant | 82 |
Agricultural Labourer | 75 |
General Servant | 50 |
Annuitant | 46 |
Farm Labourer | 44 |
General Labourer | 43 |
Labourer | 43 |
Coal Miner | 43 |
Farmers Son | 38 |
Dress Maker | 34 |
Laundress | 31 |
House Keeper | 27 |
General Servant Domestic | 26 |
Farmers Daughter | 26 |
Tailor | 23 |
Farm Servant Indoor | 23 |
Farmers Wife | 23 |
Carter | 20 |
Shoe Maker | 19 |
Nail Maker | 18 |
Bricklayer | 16 |
Painter | 15 |
Clerk | 14 |
No Occupation | 14 |
Name | Census Frequency |
---|---|
Mary Lea | 3,021 |
William Lea | 2,849 |
John Lea | 2,844 |
Thomas Lea | 2,030 |
Elizabeth Lea | 1,999 |
James Lea | 1,487 |
Sarah Lea | 1,379 |
George Lea | 1,342 |
Ann Lea | 1,084 |
Henry Lea | 957 |
Joseph Lea | 889 |
Charles Lea | 857 |
Jane Lea | 828 |
Ellen Lea | 732 |
Alice Lea | 656 |
Annie Lea | 654 |
Margaret Lea | 619 |
Hannah Lea | 586 |
Emma Lea | 584 |
Richard Lea | 564 |
Edward Lea | 510 |
Samuel Lea | 509 |
Eliza Lea | 483 |
Arthur Lea | 474 |
Alfred Lea | 407 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lee | 67% | 355,369 |
2 | Leigh | 40% | 51,671 |
3 | Lea | 100% | 44,618 |
4 | Le Page | 43% | 3,286 |
5 | Loe | 33% | 2,783 |
6 | Leo | 67% | 1,919 |
7 | Le Gros | 29% | 1,198 |
8 | Le Breton | 22% | 1,173 |
9 | Le Gresley | 20% | 1,122 |
10 | Le Sueur | 25% | 1,116 |
11 | Le Brun | 29% | 1,084 |
12 | Le Feuvre | 22% | 1,022 |
13 | Le Masurier | 27% | 1,015 |
14 | Le Boutillier | 15% | 1,000 |
15 | Le Poidevin | 18% | 838 |
16 | Le Cras | 43% | 811 |
17 | Le Brocq | 25% | 810 |
18 | Le Maistre | 30% | 783 |
19 | Le Riche | 25% | 681 |
20 | Le Quesne | 22% | 660 |
21 | Le Corner | 22% | 631 |
22 | Le Huray | 38% | 600 |
23 | Le Marquand | 27% | 594 |
24 | Le Ray | 50% | 588 |
25 | Le Tissier | 20% | 520 |
26 | Le Prevost | 20% | 502 |
27 | Le Bas | 50% | 499 |
28 | Le Noury | 25% | 494 |
29 | Le Cocq | 29% | 475 |
30 | Le Lacheur | 30% | 475 |
31 | Le Lievre | 22% | 420 |
32 | Le Maitre | 33% | 414 |
33 | Le Huquet | 22% | 411 |
34 | Le Couteur | 20% | 396 |
35 | Eale | 25% | 343 |
36 | Le Grand | 38% | 329 |
37 | Le Rossignol | 17% | 326 |
38 | Le Cheminant | 25% | 324 |
39 | Le Cornu | 25% | 323 |
40 | Le Gallais | 30% | 317 |
41 | Le Pelley | 22% | 313 |
42 | Lie | 33% | 303 |
43 | Le Mare | 43% | 284 |
44 | Le Messurier | 17% | 268 |
45 | Le Vesconte | 18% | 267 |
46 | Le Moignan | 30% | 249 |
47 | Eli | 0% | 242 |
48 | La Roche | 13% | 240 |
49 | Le Geyt | 29% | 233 |
50 | Le Seelleur | 18% | 229 |
51 | Laue | 25% | 225 |
52 | Le Conte | 25% | 223 |
53 | Le Grys | 29% | 221 |
54 | Le Grice | 25% | 219 |
55 | Le Dain | 43% | 217 |
56 | Le Ruez | 29% | 217 |
57 | Le Monnier | 20% | 215 |
58 | Louie | 20% | 206 |
59 | Ali | 0% | 205 |
60 | Le Roy | 33% | 204 |
61 | Alee | 50% | 202 |
62 | Le Clercq | 22% | 194 |
63 | Le Bailly | 33% | 192 |
64 | Le Blond | 25% | 189 |
65 | Le Patourel | 27% | 187 |
66 | Le Marguand | 27% | 186 |
67 | Le Blane | 38% | 183 |
68 | Le Broeg | 25% | 182 |
69 | Le Blancq | 33% | 181 |
70 | Le Marchant | 27% | 174 |
71 | Le Cappelain | 25% | 172 |
72 | Le Fevre | 25% | 169 |
73 | Le Sauvage | 30% | 167 |
74 | Le Dieu | 29% | 161 |
75 | Le Cornee | 22% | 157 |
76 | Le Ber | 33% | 154 |
77 | Looe | 25% | 154 |
78 | Le May | 50% | 152 |
79 | Eele | 25% | 148 |
80 | Le Cornn | 25% | 148 |
81 | Le Due | 33% | 145 |
82 | La Mare | 29% | 141 |
83 | Loue | 25% | 140 |
84 | Le Sucur | 25% | 134 |
85 | Le Mottee | 22% | 133 |
86 | Elie | 25% | 131 |
87 | Le Roux | 29% | 128 |
88 | Le Montais | 30% | 127 |
89 | Le Mesurier | 18% | 126 |
90 | Le Court | 25% | 125 |
91 | Le Galley | 33% | 124 |
92 | Le Marchand | 27% | 123 |
93 | Le Petit | 25% | 121 |
94 | Le Marguard | 27% | 119 |
95 | Elee | 50% | 118 |
96 | Le Sage | 43% | 118 |
97 | Le Pordevin | 18% | 116 |
98 | Le Grisley | 20% | 114 |
99 | Ele | 33% | 113 |
100 | Le Rougetel | 18% | 110 |
101 | Le Coeg | 29% | 109 |
102 | Le Neven | 25% | 104 |
103 | Le Moine | 25% | 102 |
104 | Le Pla | 50% | 102 |
105 | Le Grove | 25% | 101 |
106 | Le Morgnan | 30% | 101 |
107 | Le Brocy | 25% | 100 |
The surname Lea is the 3rd most popular variant of Lee.