Leigh Family History
Leigh Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places (in at
least sixteen counties, but especially Leigh in Lancashire) named
either with the nominative case of Old English leah
‘woodland clearing’ (see Lee) or with leage, a late
dative form of this word (see Lye).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
695,819
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Leigh
Name Distribution of Leigh Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Leigh families
 1,642 - 3,282  548 - 1,641 |
 1 - 547  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Leigh families
|
11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Leigh census records
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Leigh Family Origin
Leigh Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Leigh Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Leigh families immigrated
to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Leigh Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Leigh census records
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Military Service by Leigh
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