Leighton Family History
Leighton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so called.
Most, as for example those in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire,
Lancashire, and Shropshire, are named with Old English leac
‘leek’ + tun ‘settlement’. Compare Layton.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Leighton
Name Distribution of Leighton Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Leighton families
 241 - 480  81 - 240 |
 1 - 80  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Leighton families
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184 - 365 62 - 183 |
1 - 61 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Leighton families
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124 - 245 42 - 123 |
1 - 41 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Leighton census records
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Leighton Family Origin
Leighton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Leighton
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Leighton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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