Slade Surname

14,731st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37,827 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Samoa

Slade Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the slade,' from residence thereby, a small strip of green in a woodland.

'It had been better of William a Trent.

To have been abed with sorrowe.

Than to be that day in the greenwood slade.

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Slade Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States16,6811:21,7292,737
England10,2071:5,459767
Australia4,1141:6,562963
Canada3,2081:11,4861,717
South Africa7901:68,5798,574
New Zealand7511:6,0301,011
Wales6351:4,873528
Samoa4461:435106
Croatia2041:20,7284,287
Scotland1561:34,3193,374
France621:1,071,334116,831
Spain551:850,03734,138
Brazil431:4,978,473128,213
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Thailand411:1,722,886219,200
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Russia261:5,543,194237,148
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Israel201:427,88233,464
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
American Samoa111:5,0691,123
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Panama41:978,06412,245
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Jersey31:33,0674,675
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
China31:455,773,85521,925
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Belize11:355,4743,977
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,7971:4,205621
Wales1571:9,990606
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,4801:14,4311,839

The alternate forms: Släde (1) are calculated separately.

Slade (2,571) may also be a first name.

Slade Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the slade,' from residence thereby, a small strip of green in a woodland.

'It had been better of William a Trent.

To have been abed with sorrowe.

Than to be that day in the greenwood slade.

To meet with Little John's arrowe.'

In compounds slade is found in such local surnames as Greenslade, Moorslade, Whiteslade, Oakslade, Waldslade, and Sladen (q.v).

Nicholas de la Slade, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Henry atte Slade, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

John atte Slade, Close Rolls, 20 Edward III.

Richard atte Slade, Close Rolls, 21 Edward III. pt.

1596. Baptised — Mary, d. John Slade: Kensington Ch.

1615. Ammiel Slade, Devon: Register of the University of Oxford.

1645. Baptised — Grace, d. George Slayd: Kensington Ch.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at a Valley or Dell [Middle English slade, Old English slæd] John atte Slade.—Close Rolls, A.D. 1346.

For he [Littlejohn] found tow of his owne fellowes Were slaine both in a slade.—‘Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne,’ 55-6;Percy’s Reliques.

...down through the deeper slades.—Drayton, Polyolbion, xiv. 290.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in the valley or dell.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

This word has been variously defined as a valley, a hollow, a den, a hanging wood, a plain, a breadth of green land in fields and plantations, &c. See English Surn. i. 83. The form of the surname in H.R. is De la Slade.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. A long flat piece or slip of ground between bills.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(English), Valley, Ravine, Plain.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

A location name in Devon, Suffolk Or from Slad; a location name in Gloucestershire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Slade: (Anglo-Saxon slæd), a steep of greensward between two woods or between two breadths of townland: Waterslade in Somersetshire, Slaidburn, Slaithwait, and Sledmere. Slade is a not uncommon Northern surname; also Greenslade, Whiteslade.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

The Slades of Somerset take the name of a hamlet in the county.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Slade Last Name Facts

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

Slade (Arabic: سلادي) is most common in The United States. It can also occur as a variant: Släde. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Slade? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 14,731st most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 192,655 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Slade reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 145,205th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 2,571 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 16,681 people, or 1 in 21,729. In The United States it is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 10 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States it occurs in 90 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Slade Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Slade has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Slade surname expanded 479 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 404 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 2,229 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Slade Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Slade last name is principally Anglican (86%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Slade last name are 10.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.85% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Slade earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 35.6% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,287 per year; in South Africa they earn 93.32% more than the national average, earning R 459,396 per year; in United States they earn 2.7% less than the national average, earning $41,985 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.93% more than the national average, earning $50,143 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Släde931/
Slader91585/
Sladey9133/
Slades9111/
Sladge915/
Sladde914/
Slaide914/
Sleade914/
Sladie913/
Slayde912/
Sladez911/
Sslade911/
Sliade910/
Slaade910/
Slaude910/
Sclade910/
Schlade8391/
Sleader8329/
Slayder8318/
Sladder8310/
Shlader8310/
Sellade837/
Sladetz834/
Slauder833/
Sillade832/
Slaydeh831/
Slaedge831/
Slayade831/
Sliader831/
Sliades831/
Slaudes830/
Slaider830/
Clade80414/
Slide80137/
Slada8037/
Sladi8016/
Slede8015/
Slode809/
Slady807/
Jlade803/
Sillaude774/
Sliede7378/
Sladzs7355/
Slodej7347/
Slaida7315/
Slajda7314/
Sloder7310/
Szlode7310/
Sleide736/
Clayde735/
Shlady734/
Sliadi733/
Jladep732/
Slodge732/
Slaadi731/
Sleady731/
Sleede731/
Jliade731/
Sladiæ731/
Clhade731/
Zladie731/
Sladis731/
Sladiy731/
Slauda731/
Slayda731/
Sledde731/
Sledee731/
Sclode731/
Sloode731/
Sladaa731/
Slaidi731/
Sloyde730/
Shlode730/
Shlyayder712/
Schladhet711/
Schladder711/
Sillode67168/
Sladich67125/
Schlede67116/
Gillade6792/
Sladish6746/
Sleider6730/
Slayday6720/
Sladysz678/
Schlode676/
Selladj676/
Jellade674/
Slåhede672/
Sleuder672/
Chlader672/
Gellade672/
Schlada671/
Cillade671/
Selladi671/
Sliadis671/
Schlide671/
Sluider670/

Slade Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Slade in the Arabic language
سلاديslady-
سليدslyd-

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