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
Scholar 2,270
Cotton Weaver 390
Agricultural Labourer 197
Domestic Servant 105
Labourer 101
Dress Maker 92
General Labourer 87
General Servant 87
Coal Miner 77
House Keeper 72
Farm Labourer 62
Worsted Weaver 52
Annuitant 47
Cotton Operative 43
Joiner 40
Laundress 40
Woollen Weaver 38
Worsted Spinner 38
General Servant Domestic 37
Charwoman 36
Painter 36
Cotton Winder 35
Carpenter 34
No Occupation 33
Tailor 30

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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