Sailer Surname
Approximately 18,600 people bear this surname
Sailer Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) Leaper, Dancer [Anglo-French sail(l)our, a leaper, dancer; from French saillir, Latin salire, to leap, spring] There was many a tymbester [female timbrel-player] And saillouris that I dar wel swere Couthe her [knew their] craft ful parfitly.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 10,866 | 1:7,409 | 932 |
| United States | 3,202 | 1:113,198 | 12,251 |
| Austria | 3,190 | 1:2,669 | 245 |
| Canada | 265 | 1:139,040 | 14,308 |
| Switzerland | 248 | 1:33,117 | 4,867 |
| Czechia | 193 | 1:55,096 | 9,222 |
| Brazil | 98 | 1:2,184,432 | 68,273 |
| Ukraine | 81 | 1:562,009 | 62,582 |
| Australia | 51 | 1:529,327 | 39,816 |
| Italy | 49 | 1:1,248,096 | 75,884 |
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Chile | 42 | 1:419,440 | 11,239 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Luxembourg | 22 | 1:26,388 | 4,799 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 377 | 1:133,206 | 12,702 |
The alternate forms: Saïler (1) are calculated separately.
Sailer (54) may also be a first name.
Sailer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) Leaper, Dancer [Anglo-French sail(l)our, a leaper, dancer; from French saillir, Latin salire, to leap, spring] There was many a tymbester [female timbrel-player] And saillouris that I dar wel swere Couthe her [knew their] craft ful parfitly.— Chaucer, Rom. of the Rose, 769-71.
(late) (English) Sailor, Seaman [from Middle English sell, Old English seg(e)l, a sail; with the agential suff. -er]
(English) One who danced at fair and festival; one who worked on a ship, a seaman.
Robert Selier, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Hugh and AVilliam le Saillur, England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
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Sailer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sailer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sailer (Marathi: साइली, Russian: Саилер) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Saïler. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sailer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 28,875th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 391,804 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Sailer reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Sailer is also the 1,350,955th most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 54 people.
The surname Sailer is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 10,866 people, or 1 in 7,409. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 45 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 44 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 50 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live and Austria, where 17 percent live.
Sailer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sailer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sailer surname grew 849 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 229 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sailer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Sailer last name are 14.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.78% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sailer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.79% more than the national average, earning 428,412 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 88.02% more than the national average, earning R 446,796 per year; in United States they earn 6.18% more than the national average, earning $45,814 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.93% less than the national average, earning $48,724 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sailer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sailer in the Marathi language | ||
| साइली | sa'ili | - |
| Sailer in the Russian language | ||
| Саилер | sailer | - |
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