Raleigh Family History
Raleigh Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Raleigh in Devon, recorded in
Domesday Book as Radeleia, from Old English read
‘red’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Raleigh
Name Distribution of Raleigh Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Raleigh families
 15 - 28  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Raleigh families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Raleigh Family Origin
Raleigh Emigration Information (US)
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Raleigh Family Occupations
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