Leward 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 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 3
Dorset 9
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 5
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 4

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

Leward Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Leward family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 4
Independent 3
Labourer 2
Carpenter 1
Miller 1
Male Servant 1
Army 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Leward

Name Census Frequency
Mary Leward 35
William Leward 33
John Leward 30
Elizabeth Leward 22
George Leward 22
Sarah Leward 19
Thomas Leward 17
James Leward 15
Ann Leward 13
Charles Leward 12
Arthur Leward 11
Henry Leward 11
Frederick Leward 9
Jane Leward 9
Alice Leward 8
Emma Leward 8
Louisa Leward 8
Robert Leward 8
Alfred Leward 7
Ellen Leward 7
Margaret Leward 7
Frank Leward 6
Harriett Leward 6
Joseph Leward 6
Walter Leward 6

Leward Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Elward 67% 611
2 Leward 100% 546
3 Alward 67% 414
4 Loward 83% 274
5 Ailward 57% 165

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The surname Leward is the 2nd most popular variant of Elward.

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