Slater Surname
Approximately 96,073 people bear this surname
Slater Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the slater.' Middle English sclat; v. Wyclif, Luke v. 19 (Skeat). There is no modern affectation in the forms of Sclater and Slatter. They are the unbroken use of centuries; compare Reader, Tyler, Thacker, Thackster, &c.
Read More About This SurnameSlater Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42,300 | 1:8,569 | 1,030 |
| England | 29,508 | 1:1,888 | 226 |
| Australia | 9,734 | 1:2,773 | 381 |
| Canada | 4,978 | 1:7,402 | 1,090 |
| South Africa | 2,254 | 1:24,036 | 3,055 |
| Scotland | 2,021 | 1:2,649 | 488 |
| New Zealand | 1,024 | 1:4,422 | 696 |
| Wales | 705 | 1:4,389 | 479 |
| Jamaica | 505 | 1:5,683 | 728 |
| Ireland | 359 | 1:13,117 | 1,565 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| France | 198 | 1:335,468 | 50,650 |
| Chile | 191 | 1:92,233 | 3,529 |
| Samoa | 162 | 1:1,196 | 373 |
| Spain | 155 | 1:301,626 | 18,150 |
| Israel | 129 | 1:66,338 | 8,273 |
| Thailand | 129 | 1:547,584 | 94,071 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 129 | 1:10,573 | 1,451 |
| Northern Ireland | 128 | 1:14,414 | 1,997 |
| Germany | 120 | 1:670,879 | 52,024 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96 | 1:1,174 | 270 |
| Brazil | 95 | 1:2,253,414 | 69,998 |
| Singapore | 73 | 1:75,448 | 3,146 |
| Netherlands | 56 | 1:301,557 | 35,980 |
| Argentina | 55 | 1:777,153 | 51,982 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| Isle of Man | 42 | 1:2,043 | 391 |
| Switzerland | 40 | 1:205,323 | 17,881 |
| Panama | 39 | 1:100,314 | 3,825 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Jersey | 25 | 1:3,968 | 780 |
| Mexico | 25 | 1:4,965,048 | 29,049 |
| Norway | 25 | 1:205,691 | 23,411 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Guyana | 18 | 1:42,346 | 4,061 |
| Peru | 18 | 1:1,765,785 | 23,952 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Cayman Islands | 13 | 1:4,915 | 636 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 12 | 1:9,198 | 1,357 |
| Barbados | 11 | 1:26,132 | 1,223 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Grenada | 5 | 1:21,707 | 1,054 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Togo | 2 | 1:3,623,884 | 11,997 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 155 | 1:28,580 | 2,951 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16,996 | 1:1,434 | 176 |
| Scotland | 1,157 | 1:3,235 | 546 |
| Wales | 61 | 1:25,712 | 1,467 |
| Isle of Man | 4 | 1:13,567 | 1,192 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,527 | 1:5,889 | 735 |
Slater (625) may also be a first name.
Slater Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the slater.' Middle English sclat; v. Wyclif, Luke v. 19 (Skeat). There is no modern affectation in the forms of Sclater and Slatter. They are the unbroken use of centuries; compare Reader, Tyler, Thacker, Thackster, &c.
Adam le Sclattere, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard le Sclattere, Oxfordshire. ibid.
Walter Sclatter, Buckinghamshire, ibid.
Slatter is still familiar to Oxfordshire.
1684. Baptised — Elizabeth d. John Sclator: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1807. Married — Thomas Slatter and Esther Bael: St. George, Hanover Square.
V.Sclater
(English) One who roofed buildings with flat rock or slate.
From the occupation, which dates in England from early times, though much increased within the last century or two. Le Sclattere, Sclatiere, &c. H.R.
From the Danish, Schlytter; from the Dutch, Schlette, Sluyter, Sluiter; a personal name.
Slater Demographics
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Slater Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Slater Come From? nationality or country of origin
Slater (Arabic: سلاتر, Russian: Слатер) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Slater.
How Common Is The Last Name Slater? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,873rd most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,854 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Slater live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. Slater is also the 333,332nd most numerous given name globally, held by 625 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 42,300 people, or 1 in 8,569. In The United States Slater is most frequent in: California, where 10 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 114 countries. It is also found in England, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.
Slater Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Slater has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Slater last name expanded 496 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 174 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 175 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,156 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 232 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Slater Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (57%) in Ireland and Maronite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Slater surname are 12.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.86% registered with the political party.
The amount Slater earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 155.94% more than the national average, earning 885,762 kr per year; in Peru they earn 7.3% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,801 per year; in South Africa they earn 54.82% more than the national average, earning R 367,920 per year; in United States they earn 1.68% more than the national average, earning $43,873 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.45% more than the national average, earning $51,895 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Slater Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Slater in the Russian language | ||
| Слатер | slater | - |
| Slater in the Arabic language | ||
| سلاتر | slatr | - |
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Slater Reference & Research
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