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 | 9 |
Buckinghamshire | 24 |
Berkshire | 70 |
Cambridgeshire | 24 |
Channel Islands | 13 |
Cheshire | 631 |
Cornwall | 14 |
Cumberland | 22 |
Derbyshire | 36 |
Devon | 26 |
Dorset | 7 |
Durham | 119 |
Essex | 121 |
Gloucestershire | 168 |
Hampshire | 54 |
Herefordshire | 28 |
Hertfordshire | 47 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 8 |
Isle of Man | 12 |
Kent | 82 |
Lancashire | 1,632 |
Leicestershire | 121 |
Lincolnshire | 59 |
London | 706 |
Middlesex | 75 |
Northumberland | 50 |
Norfolk | 15 |
Northamptonshire | 77 |
Nottinghamshire | 36 |
Oxfordshire | 39 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 8 |
Shropshire | 238 |
Suffolk | 26 |
Somerset | 49 |
Surrey | 82 |
Sussex | 57 |
Staffordshire | 413 |
Warwickshire | 398 |
Westmorland | 13 |
Wiltshire | 64 |
Worcestershire | 395 |
Yorkshire | 227 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 6 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 6 |
Carmarthenshire | 1 |
Denbighshire | 85 |
Flintshire | 12 |
Glamorgan | 38 |
Merionethshire | 1 |
Montgomeryshire | 1 |
Monmouthshire | 36 |
Pembrokeshire | 6 |
Radnorshire | 1 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
Scholar | 1,026 |
Farmer | 97 |
Coal Miner | 91 |
Living On Own Means | 77 |
General Labourer | 70 |
Agricultural Labourer | 67 |
Living On Her Own Means | 54 |
Dress Maker | 51 |
Domestic Servant | 50 |
Labourer | 45 |
Farm Labourer | 35 |
General Servant Domestic | 30 |
Cotton Weaver | 29 |
Painter | 28 |
House Keeper | 25 |
Laundress | 25 |
Clerk | 21 |
Brick Layer | 21 |
Carter | 19 |
Grocer | 19 |
General Servant | 18 |
Farmers Son | 17 |
Joiner | 17 |
Dressmaker | 16 |
General Domestic Servant | 15 |
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 |
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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.