Lean Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 457
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 4
Devon 45
Dorset 2
Durham 1
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 17
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 11
Isle of Man 29
Kent 16
Lancashire 72
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 0
London 109
Middlesex 7
Northumberland 8
Norfolk 16
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 11
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 8
Somerset 7
Surrey 1
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 7
Warwickshire 28
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 11
Yorkshire 12

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 9
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Lean Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lean family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 32
Agricultural Labourer 31
Farmer 24
Copper Miner 22
Female Servant 17
Miner 16
Labourer 14
Male Servant 13
Shoe Maker 8
Apprentice 5
Dress Maker 5
Publican 4
Iron Miner 4
Clerk 4
Dressmaker 3
Independant 3
Laundress 3
Mason 3
Miner Copper 3
Pensioner 3
Widow 3
Frame Work Knitter 3
Cooper 3
Soldier 3
Cotton Weaver 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Lean

Name Census Frequency
John Lean 715
Mary Lean 619
William Lean 592
Elizabeth Lean 494
James Lean 287
Thomas Lean 278
Jane Lean 225
Ann Lean 202
George Lean 199
Sarah Lean 179
Eliza Lean 162
Charles Lean 153
Richard Lean 152
Henry Lean 149
Catherine Lean 147
Ellen Lean 146
Emma Lean 135
Robert Lean 129
Margaret Lean 118
Joseph Lean 114
Samuel Lean 106
Annie Lean 102
Alice Lean 95
Edward Lean 82
Edith Lean 81

Lean Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lane 50% 150,628
2 Line 25% 10,706
3 Lean 100% 9,447
4 Lone 25% 3,303
5 Laine 40% 2,034
6 Leon 75% 1,929
7 Lion 50% 1,602
8 Alen 50% 1,362
9 Luin 50% 1,332
10 Lain 50% 1,310
11 Elen 50% 1,072
12 Loan 75% 631
13 Lan 75% 472
14 Elan 50% 466
15 Luna 25% 376
16 Loon 50% 351
17 Lune 25% 342
18 Leane 80% 327
19 Loane 60% 276
20 Laan 75% 272
21 Loone 40% 265
22 Alan 50% 262
23 Leen 75% 256
24 Leno 50% 215
25 Lonie 20% 207
26 Len 75% 200
27 Luen 50% 163
28 Lun 50% 159
29 Lon 50% 146
30 Leone 60% 144
31 Elin 25% 132
32 Laun 50% 131
33 Lene 50% 120

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The surname Lean is the 3rd most popular variant of Lane.

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