Leatherbarrow Surname

246,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Leatherbarrow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Leatherbarrow'; v. Leather and Barrow. One Leatherbarrow is a hill by Windermere Lake.

1581. Nicholas Letherborow, Warwickshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1582.

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Leatherbarrow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2401:44,9345,669
United States1771:2,047,791130,814
Australia851:317,59627,389
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Scotland221:243,35512,191
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Wales161:193,40812,484
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
France31:22,140,907385,998
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6241:39,0634,996
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Leatherbarrow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Leatherbarrow'; v. Leather and Barrow. One Leatherbarrow is a hill by Windermere Lake.

1581. Nicholas Letherborow, Warwickshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1582. Anthony Leatherbarrow, of Aughton: Wills at Chester.

1600. Married — Edward Leatherborow, of Coventry, and Cibell Pywell: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1618. Cicely Leatherbarrow, of Wigan: Wills at Chester.

1661-2. John Booth and Mary Letherbarrow: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

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

(Teutonic) belonging to Leather- barrow (Westmore-land, &c.) [for the first element see under Leather: the second is for Old English be(o)rg, a hill]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A hill near Windermere. Ferguson, p. 204.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Leatherbarrow Last Name Facts

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

Leatherbarrow is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leatherbarrow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Leatherbarrow is the 246,661st most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 4,520,810 people. The last name Leatherbarrow is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Leatherbarrow live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 1,240 people, or 1 in 44,934. In England Leatherbarrow is mostly concentrated in: Merseyside, where 26 percent reside, Greater Manchester, where 25 percent reside and Lancashire, where 8 percent reside. Besides England Leatherbarrow is found in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Leatherbarrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Leatherbarrow has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Leatherbarrow surname grew 199 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 17,700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 2,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Leatherbarrow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Leatherbarrow surname are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the party.

The amount Leatherbarrow earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 37.45% more than the national average, earning R 326,628 per year; in United States they earn 13.53% more than the national average, earning $48,985 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.64% more than the national average, earning $63,417 CAD per year.

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Leatherbarrow Reference & Research

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