Less 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 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 4
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Less Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Less family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Farmer 1
Sailmaker Journeyman 1
Shoe Maker 1
Female Servant 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Children To Matron 1
Iron Monger 1
Merchant 1
Woollen Cord Cutter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Less

Name Census Frequency
John Less 23
Mary Less 22
William Less 18
Sarah Less 16
George Less 13
Joseph Less 11
Samuel Less 11
James Less 10
Elizabeth Less 9
Henry Less 9
Ann Less 8
Eliza Less 8
Thomas Less 8
Clara Less 7
Martha Less 7
Robert Less 7
Annie Less 6
Frederick Less 6
Harry Less 6
Ada Less 5
Emily Less 5
Jane Less 5
Lewis Less 5
Albert Less 4
Phoebe Less 4

Less Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lees 75% 81,187
2 Less 100% 424
3 Lass 75% 414
4 Eliss 60% 364
5 Aliss 60% 331
6 Leess 80% 255
7 Loss 75% 254
8 Lesse 80% 113
9 Liss 75% 105

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The surname Less is the 2nd most popular variant of Lees.

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