Lea Family History
Lea Name Meaning
English: variant spelling of Lee.Dutch: patronymic
from a Germanic personal name formed of the elements liut
‘people’, ‘tribe’ + hardi ‘strong’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lea
Name Distribution of Lea Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lea families
 780 - 1,558  261 - 779 |
 1 - 260  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lea families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lea census records
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Lea Family Origin
Lea Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Lea Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Lea census records
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Military Service by Lea
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