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There are approximately 3,424 people named Leather in the UK. That makes it the 2,953rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 54 are named Leather.

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

Leathers
Leatherby
Lether
Lather
Lathers
Lathery
Lathern
Later
Laether
Laethier
Laither
Lathier
Lathere
Lathiere
Lathero
Lathar
Lathera
Lathor
Lathower
Latherie
Lathior
Lathore
Lathair
Latherow
Latheria
Laethern
Lathowers
Latheur

The Leather surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

LEATHER. LEATHERS. An ancient personal name. One Lethar was a bishop intlie days of .Ethelbert. Cod. Dipl. 981. Hence the local surnames, Leatlierby, Leatherdale, Leatherhcad, and Leatherbarrow.

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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