The Leftwich surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,712 people carried this name — #8,822 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,728).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Leftwich surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Leftwich’.

An early record he cites: Johannes Lethewyche, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 476 · public domain.

In print

Leftwich in American newspapers,
1894–1896.

Newspaper page from The News Boy carrying the name Leftwich
The News Boy 1896-04-11
Newspaper page from The News Boy carrying the name Leftwich
The News Boy 1894-09-08
Newspaper page from The News Boy carrying the name Leftwich
The News Boy 1894-10-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Leftwich in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

1,271 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Leftwich. The most, 321, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 738
New South Wales 236
Victoria 170
South Australia 76
Western Australia 36
Tasmania 9
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Leftwich.

Who carried it

People named Leftwich,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lloyd Leftwich
    Lloyd Leftwich 1832–1918 · politician
  • Alexander Leftwich
    Alexander Leftwich 1884–1947 · stage actor
  • Jabez Leftwich 1765–1855 · politician
  • Alexander T. Leftwich 1845–1914 · businessperson
  • George Robert Leftwich 1846–1929 · painter
  • Joseph Leftwich 1892–1983 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Leftwich,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States327 records

327 records of the Leftwich name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 177
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 46
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Thomas E. Leftwich

    Born 1917 in New York. Enlisted 1941 at Camp Upton Yaphank; office clerk from Queens County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Groom Leftwich

    Born 1931; from Germantown, Tennessee. U.S. Marine Corps, infantry officer; killed in action 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Leftwich

    Arrived at New York in 1875 aboard the Baltic from Liverpool, aged 24; glass cutter. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 327 records for Leftwich in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia33 records

33 records of the Leftwich name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 17
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Thomas Leftwich

    Omnibus driver of Richmond, Victoria; died 1912.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Annie Leftwich

    Arrived in Victoria in 1910 aboard the Marathon, aged 17.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Charles Leftwich

    Left George Town in 1846 aboard the Rookery, bound for Sydney.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 33 records for Leftwich in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Leftwich name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Leftwich

    Lancashire Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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