de Sloover Surname

542,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Sloover Surname User-submission:

Originates from the Dutch-speaking West Flanders area of Belgium.

Explanation 1: a slovenmaker (profession, literally 'creating sloven') was someone creating iron rings and strengthened beams

Explanation 2: someone who performs hard labour

Medieval, sloven (13-15th century), meant 'to slide over', 'to cover' => a "slove" (multiple: sloven) was an iron ring that was shoved over a wooden beam, shaft, or rod to strengthen it.

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de Sloover 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
Belgium4561:25,2123,993
Argentina611:700,71248,077
France461:1,443,972140,296
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

de Sloover Surname Meaning

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Originates from the Dutch-speaking West Flanders area of Belgium.

Explanation 1: a slovenmaker (profession, literally 'creating sloven') was someone creating iron rings and strengthened beams

Explanation 2: someone who performs hard labour

Medieval, sloven (13-15th century), meant 'to slide over', 'to cover' => a "slove" (multiple: sloven) was an iron ring that was shoved over a wooden beam, shaft, or rod to strengthen it. Compare: English word, sleeve, (medieval Dutch: sliefe)

Later on (17th century) sloven had a changed meaning: to perform hard labour, to toil, to moil. Possibly it got the meaning from "sloouen de mouwen" = "to roll up the sleeves", suggesting hard labour

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de Sloover Last Name Facts

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

de Sloover is found most in Belgium. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Sloover? popularity and diffusion

de Sloover is the 542,751st most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. The last name de Sloover occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of de Sloover live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 456 people, or 1 in 25,212. In Belgium de Sloover is most common in: Flemish Region, where 90 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 7 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Belgium it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 10 percent are found and France, where 8 percent are found.

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