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LEADBEATER

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There are approximately 2,450 people named Leadbeater in the UK. That makes it the 3,838th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 39 are named Leadbeater.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

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The Leadbeater surname in historical dictionaries

LEADBEATER. 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 Icad-hcater was a very common and necessary one. Le Ledbetre. H.R.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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