Leach Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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'.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Leach Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Leach family

Profession Census Frequency
School 1,418
Cotton Weaver 170
General Labourer 117
Private Means 114
Labourer 103
Farm Labourer 100
Weaver 88
General Servant (domestic) 79
Coal Miner Hewer 79
Dressmaker 70
Farmer 61
At Home 58
None 51
Domestic Servant 51
Clerk 49
Housekeeper 49
House Keeper 43
General Servant Domestic 41
At School 40
Carter 40
Bricklayer 37
House Painter 36
Scholar 36
Assisting In The Business 33
Dress Maker 33

Leach Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Leach is the most popular version of all its varients

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