Leadbeater Surname

127,306th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,564 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Leadbeater Surname Definition:

1669. Married — John Bayley and Saray Libiter: St.

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Leadbeater Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,2161:25,1443,454
United States4521:801,90061,806
Canada4251:86,6969,595
Australia1601:168,72317,330
New Zealand1061:42,7207,111
Jamaica601:47,8322,859
Wales581:53,3544,894
Scotland271:198,29010,618
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
France41:16,605,680368,153
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2061:20,2122,872
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Guernsey81:4,082713
Isle of Man71:7,753762
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1141:440,51531,974

Leadbeater Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the lead-beater'; compare Goldbeater. It is probable that Liberty is a corruption, the intermediate form being Libiter. The following entry strongly confirms this view:

1669. Married — John Bayley and Saray Libiter: St. James, Clerkenwell.

Gonnilda le Ledbetere, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ricardus Ledebatter, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus Ledebeter, 1379: ibid.

1561-2. John Leadbeater and Christiana Andrewes: Marriage Lic (London).

1788. — John Winkfield and Margaret Leadbitter: St. George, Hanover Square.

1702. — William Leadbetter and Elizabeth Miller: ibid.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From the obsolete occupation of 'leadbeater' (ME. ledbetere), maker of leaden vessels and sheet lead for roofs. Walter Ledbeter of Heydon was before an assize at Newcastle-on-Tyne on suspicion of robbery in Scotland in 1256 (Bain, I, 2047, m. 15). Thomas Ledbeter was custumar and provost of Linlithgow in 1328 and following years (ER., I). Alexander Leadbetter, merchant in Kelso, 1831 (Heirs, 739). Leadbetter in Glasgow, 1942.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) Lead-Worker [Middle English ledbetere, &c.; Old English leád + beátere-beátan, to beat]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This name-variously corrupted to Leadbetter, Leadbitter, Lidbetter, and still further, in vulgar pronunciation, to Libbetter-signifies a beater of lead. In old times, before the process of rolling that metal into sheets by machinery was employed, it was laminated by the laborious manual operation of hammering; and as most churches and other large buildings were roofed with this material, the occupation of the lead-beater was a very common and necessary one. Le Ledbetre. H.R.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A name of trade, a worker in lead.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Leadbeater: the maker of leaden vessels and the lead for roofs. The word has been corrupted to Ledbitter and Liberty.

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

The Leadbeaters or Leadbetters were represented in Leicestershire in the time of Charles II. by Thomas Leadbeter, the vicar of Hinckley. The. name of Leadbetter was represented in Knossington and Barkston a century ago (N.). Gonnilda le Ledbete lived in Bucks in the 13th century (H. R.).

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Leadbeater Demographics

Average Leadbeater Salary in
United States

$45,663 USD

Per year
Rank:
554,617 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00012261
Rank: 63,524 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
105.82%
Sample size: 229 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Leadbeater Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leadbeater Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Leadbeater occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leadbeater? popularity and diffusion

It is the 127,306th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,044,766 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Leadbeater are found; 65 percent are found in Northern Europe and 65 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 2,216 people, or 1 in 25,144. In England Leadbeater is most common in: West Yorkshire, where 16 percent live, West Midlands, where 9 percent live and Staffordshire, where 9 percent live. Barring England this last name is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and Canada, where 12 percent live.

Leadbeater Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Leadbeater has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Leadbeater surname increased 184 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 396 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 270 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Leadbeater Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Anglican (58%) in Ireland.

In The United States Leadbeater are 18.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.17% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Leadbeater earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 14.36% less than the national average, earning R 203,508 per year; in United States they earn 5.83% more than the national average, earning $45,663 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.1% less than the national average, earning $46,156 CAD per year.

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