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 | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 109 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 225 |
| Channel Islands | 5 |
| Cheshire | 260 |
| Cornwall | 40 |
| Cumberland | 87 |
| Derbyshire | 39 |
| Devon | 403 |
| Dorset | 13 |
| Durham | 116 |
| Essex | 157 |
| Gloucestershire | 236 |
| Hampshire | 236 |
| Herefordshire | 49 |
| Hertfordshire | 34 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 87 |
| Isle of Man | 7 |
| Kent | 93 |
| Lancashire | 3,264 |
| Leicestershire | 34 |
| Lincolnshire | 83 |
| London | 1,318 |
| Middlesex | 74 |
| Northumberland | 74 |
| Norfolk | 121 |
| Northamptonshire | 147 |
| Nottinghamshire | 46 |
| Oxfordshire | 101 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 87 |
| Shropshire | 36 |
| Suffolk | 79 |
| Somerset | 152 |
| Surrey | 106 |
| Sussex | 100 |
| Staffordshire | 178 |
| Warwickshire | 120 |
| Westmorland | 17 |
| Wiltshire | 59 |
| Worcestershire | 51 |
| Yorkshire | 1,395 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 5 |
| Carmarthenshire | 3 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 4 |
| Glamorgan | 40 |
| Merionethshire | 1 |
| Montgomeryshire | 32 |
| Monmouthshire | 13 |
| Pembrokeshire | 43 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,567 |
| Cotton Weaver | 314 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 221 |
| Labourer | 152 |
| Domestic Servant | 81 |
| House Keeper | 75 |
| Worsted Weaver | 68 |
| Dress Maker | 67 |
| General Servant | 67 |
| Coal Miner | 55 |
| Carpenter | 46 |
| Servant | 44 |
| Laundress | 41 |
| Farm Labourer | 41 |
| Annuitant | 37 |
| Cotton Operative | 36 |
| Woollen Weaver | 36 |
| Worsted Spinner | 35 |
| Blacksmith | 34 |
| Weaver | 34 |
| Cotton Winder | 33 |
| Cotton Spinner | 33 |
| Gardener | 32 |
| Shoe Maker | 31 |
| Joiner | 30 |
| 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