Leary 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 13
Channel Islands 9
Cheshire 9
Cornwall 12
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 23
Devon 50
Dorset 5
Durham 33
Essex 33
Gloucestershire 37
Hampshire 34
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 64
Lancashire 303
Leicestershire 7
Lincolnshire 123
London 1,039
Middlesex 42
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 6
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 34
Suffolk 2
Somerset 7
Surrey 39
Sussex 30
Staffordshire 21
Warwickshire 36
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 15
Yorkshire 75

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 16
Carmarthenshire 7
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 184
Merionethshire 5
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 83
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Leary Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Leary family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 423
Labourer 132
Domestic Servant 29
General Servant 24
Servant 24
Agricultural Labourer 23
Laundress 22
Tailor 18
Charwoman 16
Dock Labourer 16
Hawker 15
Labourer In Iron Works 13
Bricklayer Labourer 13
Coal Miner 11
Tailoress 11
No Occupation 10
Dress Maker 10
Errand Boy 9
Porter 8
Nurse 8
General Labourer 8
Labourer Wife 7
Painter 7
Nil 7
Needlewoman 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Leary

Name Census Frequency
Mary Leary 1,597
John Leary 1,593
William Leary 643
Ellen Leary 582
James Leary 563
Thomas Leary 539
Elizabeth Leary 522
Margaret Leary 504
Catherine Leary 494
Daniel Leary 417
Sarah Leary 338
Ann Leary 335
Michael Leary 320
Patrick Leary 301
Annie Leary 256
George Leary 230
Timothy Leary 225
Edward Leary 213
Jane Leary 201
Dennis Leary 194
Alice Leary 186
Arthur Leary 179
Henry Leary 176
Jeremiah Leary 174
Cornelius Leary 170

Leary Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Leary 100% 17,082
2 Oleary 83% 2,606
3 Learey 83% 1,668
4 Lory 60% 1,183
5 Larey 60% 1,083
6 Leroy 60% 967
7 Lorey 40% 706
8 Lary 80% 535
9 Loury 60% 395
10 Laury 60% 293
11 Learry 83% 267
12 Lery 80% 264
13 Lury 60% 253
14 Elroy 40% 179
15 Elery 60% 168
16 Lourey 50% 166
17 Laurey 50% 137
18 Olarey 50% 133
19 Alrey 20% 122
20 Leury 80% 102

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

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