Sailor Surname
Approximately 3,997 people bear this surname
Sailor 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.
Read More About This SurnameSailor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,749 | 1:131,851 | 13,879 |
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| India | 184 | 1:4,168,834 | 111,526 |
| Australia | 173 | 1:156,045 | 16,383 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Israel | 47 | 1:182,077 | 18,133 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| China | 19 | 1:71,964,293 | 3,948 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,048 | 1:47,919 | 5,478 |
Sailor (819) may also be a first name.
Sailor 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.
Sailor Demographics
Average Sailor Salary in
United States
$40,787 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sailor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sailor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sailor (Arabic: بحار, Marathi: सैलोर) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sailor.
How Common Is The Last Name Sailor? popularity and diffusion
It is the 115,516th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,823,254 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Sailor live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. Sailor is also the 285,591st most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 819 people.
This surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 2,749 people, or 1 in 131,851. In The United States Sailor is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent are found, Indiana, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States it is found in 63 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 13 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Sailor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sailor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sailor surname expanded 262 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 311 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sailor Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sailor surname are 5.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.52% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sailor earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 27.73% more than the national average, earning R 303,540 per year; in United States they earn 5.47% less than the national average, earning $40,787 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.49% less than the national average, earning $40,991 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sailor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sailor in the Marathi language | ||
| सैलोर | sailora | 50 |
| सईलर | sa'ilara | 50 |
| Sailor in the Arabic language | ||
| بحار | bhar | - |
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Footnotes
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