Leach Name Meaning: In Anglo-Saxon means someone who 'lives by a boggy steam' or is a physician.
A name given to someone who was a physician in the middle ages, it is also a topographical name which may be given to someone who lived near a 'boggy steam'.
Discover how your Leach ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 66 |
| Buckinghamshire | 68 |
| Berkshire | 174 |
| Cambridgeshire | 221 |
| Channel Islands | 6 |
| Cheshire | 231 |
| Cornwall | 52 |
| Cumberland | 100 |
| Derbyshire | 57 |
| Devon | 378 |
| Dorset | 17 |
| Durham | 28 |
| Essex | 103 |
| Gloucestershire | 272 |
| Hampshire | 161 |
| Herefordshire | 17 |
| Hertfordshire | 44 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 60 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 98 |
| Lancashire | 2,358 |
| Leicestershire | 20 |
| Lincolnshire | 82 |
| London | 945 |
| Middlesex | 59 |
| Northumberland | 56 |
| Norfolk | 152 |
| Northamptonshire | 144 |
| Nottinghamshire | 57 |
| Oxfordshire | 109 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 60 |
| Shropshire | 30 |
| Suffolk | 57 |
| Somerset | 148 |
| Surrey | 36 |
| Sussex | 78 |
| Staffordshire | 80 |
| Warwickshire | 48 |
| Westmorland | 2 |
| Wiltshire | 60 |
| Worcestershire | 36 |
| Yorkshire | 991 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 3 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 6 |
| Denbighshire | 2 |
| Flintshire | 6 |
| Glamorgan | 28 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 32 |
| Monmouthshire | 22 |
| Pembrokeshire | 39 |
| Radnorshire | 1 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 938 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 255 |
| At Home | 118 |
| House Servant | 116 |
| Labourer | 97 |
| Farm Labourer | 71 |
| Dress Maker | 63 |
| Power Loom Weaver | 63 |
| Weaver | 52 |
| Servant | 50 |
| Cotton Weaver | 50 |
| Annuitant | 39 |
| Carpenter | 38 |
| Coal Miner | 35 |
| Wool Comber | 34 |
| Tailor | 33 |
| House Keeper | 33 |
| Power Loom Weaver Cotton | 33 |
| Shoe Maker | 32 |
| General Servant | 31 |
| Laundress | 26 |
| Lace Maker | 25 |
| House Maid | 25 |
| Hand Loom Weaver | 25 |
| Scholar At Home | 23 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Leach | 5,998 |
| John Leach | 5,507 |
| William Leach | 5,133 |
| Elizabeth Leach | 3,612 |
| James Leach | 3,424 |
| Sarah Leach | 3,403 |
| Thomas Leach | 3,003 |
| George Leach | 2,716 |
| Ann Leach | 1,964 |
| Alice Leach | 1,731 |
| Charles Leach | 1,660 |
| Jane Leach | 1,600 |
| Robert Leach | 1,545 |
| Joseph Leach | 1,440 |
| Henry Leach | 1,429 |
| Ellen Leach | 1,401 |
| Emma Leach | 1,169 |
| Hannah Leach | 1,078 |
| Annie Leach | 1,053 |
| Eliza Leach | 1,041 |
| Richard Leach | 956 |
| Martha Leach | 925 |
| Margaret Leach | 913 |
| Frederick Leach | 912 |
| Edward Leach | 905 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leach | 100% | 89,175 |
| 2 | Leech | 80% | 34,500 |
| 3 | Louch | 60% | 3,425 |
| 4 | Loach | 80% | 3,081 |
| 5 | Leitch | 67% | 2,193 |
| 6 | Luch | 60% | 1,174 |
| 7 | Loch | 60% | 1,163 |
| 8 | Lach | 80% | 327 |
| 9 | Leich | 80% | 283 |
| 10 | Loche | 40% | 268 |
| 11 | Lech | 80% | 256 |
| 12 | Lauch | 60% | 116 |
| 13 | Leatch | 83% | 102 |
The surname Leach is the most popular version of all its varients