Slattery Surname

21,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Slattery Surname Definition:

(Celtic) 1 Straight, Tall [Irish slatarra] 2 Strong, Robust [Irish slatra]

Slattery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,5521:28,8773,581
Australia4,6471:5,809851
Ireland3,8531:1,222246
England2,5881:21,5293,025
Canada6771:54,4256,477
New Zealand2291:19,7743,481
South Africa1371:395,45835,012
Scotland1361:39,3663,718
Wales1101:28,1322,887
Thailand681:1,038,799157,648
France391:1,703,147154,208
Turks and Caicos Islands341:1,010130
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Spain271:1,731,55749,506
Northern Ireland241:76,8765,365
Jersey191:5,2211,083
Greece191:583,14770,237
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Cook Islands41:4,5451,050
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
China41:341,830,39216,990
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Belize11:355,4743,977
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Malta11:430,2723,380
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2,5291:1,752337
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4771:51,1016,204
Scotland201:187,1617,190
Wales181:87,1343,963
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9801:16,8522,152

Slattery (33) may also be a first name.

Slattery Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) 1 Straight, Tall [Irish slatarra] 2 Strong, Robust [Irish slatra]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ó Slatarra MIF 219; Map Clare

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Ó Slatarra MIF 219; Map Clare

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Irish) Grandson of Slatra (bold or strong).

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

Slattery Last Name Facts

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

Slattery is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Slattery? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 21,507th most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 287,670 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Slattery live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,807,719th most widely held given name globally, borne by 33 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 12,552 people, or 1 in 28,877. In The United States Slattery is most numerous in: New York, where 12 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Massachusetts, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 61 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 18 percent live and Ireland, where 15 percent live.

Slattery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Slattery has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Slattery last name increased 421 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 152 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 543 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 680 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 611 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Slattery Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Slattery last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Slattery surname are 8.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.78% being registered with the political party.

The amount Slattery earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 20.35% more than the national average, earning R 286,008 per year; in United States they earn 14% more than the national average, earning $49,190 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.56% more than the national average, earning $54,434 CAD per year.

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