Leabody Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Leabody Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. for one of light weight, nimble and agile.
Leabody Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Leabody Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. for one of light weight, nimble and agile.
William Leichtbody in Dalemok, 1552 (Protocols, I). Johne Lychtbodie, reidare at Lanell, 1574 (RMR.). Margaret Lychtbodie retoured heir 'in tenemento in burgo de Lawder,' 1602 (Retours, Berwick, 31). Marion Lichtbodie in Mudisburne, parish of Monkland, 1620 (Campsie), and William Lytbodie was admitted burgess and guild brother in Glasgow, 1621 (Burgesses). John Lightbody in Torphichen, 1678 (Torphichen) Marion Lightbody in Dumfries, 1689 (RPC., 3. ser XIV, p. 694), and James Lightbody in Meadowland, 1709 (Minutes, p. 57). Six of the name are recorded in the Torphichen Commissariot Record. Lechtbodye and Leichtbodye 1552, Lychtbody 1688.
A writer, somewhere, derives this name from Licht, a dead body, a tomb, and Bodee, contracted from Boadicea,—meaning the tomb or grave of this British Queen; a locality. The name, however, is more likely to have originated from bodily peculiarity.
Leabody Demographics
Leabody Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Leabody Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leabody Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leabody is most common in Scotland. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leabody? popularity and diffusion
The last name Leabody is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Leabody are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 88 percent are found in British Isles.
This last name is most common in Scotland, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 281,780. In Scotland it is most common in: South Lanarkshire, where 53 percent are found, Glasgow City, where 21 percent are found and Dumfries and Galloway, where 16 percent are found. Beside Scotland this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.
Leabody Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leabody has changed through the years. In Scotland the share of the population with the surname increased 190 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Leabody Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Leabody last name is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labody | 92 | 25 | / |
| Lebody | 92 | 3 | / |
| Laboudy | 86 | 365 | / |
| Leebody | 86 | 162 | / |
| Leboudy | 86 | 71 | / |
| Leabode | 86 | 1 | / |
| Laaboudy | 80 | 9 | / |
| Labodycz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Lebouddy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Labady | 77 | 4,373 | / |
| Laboda | 77 | 1,265 | / |
| Labode | 77 | 460 | / |
| Lebodi | 77 | 355 | / |
| Leboda | 77 | 204 | / |
| Labodi | 77 | 51 | / |
| Lebedy | 77 | 43 | / |
| Lábody | 77 | 25 | / |
| Levady | 77 | 17 | / |
| Lebady | 77 | 10 | / |
| Labedy | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lebode | 77 | 2 | / |
| Laboudi | 71 | 1,922 | / |
| Lebaudy | 71 | 337 | / |
| Labadiy | 71 | 301 | / |
| Labaday | 71 | 149 | / |
| Labodit | 71 | 109 | / |
| Lebaday | 71 | 91 | / |
| Labodda | 71 | 90 | / |
| Labouda | 71 | 50 | / |
| Lebouda | 71 | 42 | / |
| Leboudi | 71 | 34 | / |
| Labeedy | 71 | 22 | / |
| Labodie | 71 | 17 | / |
| Levadiy | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lebedey | 71 | 3 | / |
| Leboudj | 71 | 2 | / |
| Laboida | 71 | 2 | / |
| Leboida | 71 | 2 | / |
| Leboude | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lhabode | 71 | 1 | / |
| Labodje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laibodi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laubode | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leboyde | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lebotda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leevady | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leebode | 71 | 1 | / |
| Levoudy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laboude | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leabada | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laboode | 71 | 0 | / |
| Labudey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Laaboudi | 67 | 3,395 | / |
| Lajoboda | 67 | 112 | / |
| Laboudie | 67 | 82 | / |
| Lebouder | 67 | 72 | / |
| Labadday | 67 | 28 | / |
| Lesbaudy | 67 | 6 | / |
| Labadaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Labhaday | 67 | 2 | / |
| Laabouda | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lahbodda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Labouddi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Labootde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lleboudi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leobodis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lehabade | 67 | 1 | / |
| Labauduy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laâboudi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlebouda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leabadie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leabeïde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lahboudi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laiboudi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laboudet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laboudis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laabeïdy | 67 | 1 | / |
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