| Bedfordshire | 2 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 0 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 2 |
| Derbyshire | 15 |
| Devon | 3 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 28 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 3 |
| Hampshire | 4 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 7 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 0 |
| Lancashire | 27 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 24 |
| London | 26 |
| Middlesex | 6 |
| Northumberland | 17 |
| Norfolk | 72 |
| Northamptonshire | 5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 7 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 7 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 9 |
| Warwickshire | 2 |
| Westmorland | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 21 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 25 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 13 |
| At Home | 7 |
| Railway Shareholder | 5 |
| General Servant | 4 |
| Hawker | 4 |
| House Servant | 4 |
| Labourer | 3 |
| Farm Labourer | 3 |
| Annuitant | 3 |
| Labourer Daur | 3 |
| Labourer Son | 3 |
| Iron Stone Miner | 3 |
| Chemist | 2 |
| Coal Miner | 2 |
| House Keeper | 2 |
| Daughter | 2 |
| Gardener | 2 |
| Scholar At Home | 2 |
| Ag Labourer | 1 |
| Ag Labourer Son | 1 |
| Church Clark Pauper | 1 |
| Employing Upon The Farm | 1 |
| Shoe Maker | 1 |
| Shoeing Smith | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Lighton | 179 |
| William Lighton | 163 |
| John Lighton | 157 |
| Elizabeth Lighton | 114 |
| James Lighton | 112 |
| Thomas Lighton | 77 |
| George Lighton | 71 |
| Sarah Lighton | 65 |
| Robert Lighton | 58 |
| Jane Lighton | 52 |
| Ann Lighton | 51 |
| Edward Lighton | 45 |
| Eliza Lighton | 42 |
| Henry Lighton | 39 |
| Charles Lighton | 37 |
| Richard Lighton | 34 |
| Joseph Lighton | 32 |
| Alfred Lighton | 26 |
| Emma Lighton | 26 |
| Margaret Lighton | 26 |
| Ellen Lighton | 25 |
| Walter Lighton | 24 |
| Hannah Lighton | 23 |
| Emily Lighton | 21 |
| Fanny Lighton | 20 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leighton | 88% | 19,041 |
| 2 | Laughton | 75% | 9,869 |
| 3 | Loughton | 75% | 4,469 |
| 4 | Lighton | 100% | 2,363 |
| 5 | Lytton | 57% | 324 |
| 6 | Lughton | 86% | 232 |
| 7 | Lyton | 57% | 171 |
| 8 | Lighten | 86% | 133 |
The surname Lighton is the 4th most popular variant of Leighton.