Slaughter Surname

13,999th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,812 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Slaughter Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Slaughter,' two parishes in Gloucestershire, viz. Upper and Lower Slaughter.

Ballizus de Sloutre, Gloucestershire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Sloghtre, Close Rolls, 26 Edward III.

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Slaughter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States35,7831:10,1291,230
England2,2291:24,9973,434
Australia5401:49,9926,225
Canada4201:87,7289,696
South Africa2411:224,80423,422
New Zealand1601:28,3024,948
Wales651:47,6084,483
Scotland581:92,3076,478
Ireland351:134,5416,387
Germany341:2,367,808122,173
France281:2,372,240182,981
Chile201:880,82418,509
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Norway131:395,56035,657
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
China61:227,886,92811,701
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Panama41:978,06412,245
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4681:16,6042,422
Wales61:261,4039,165
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,3371:6,845866

Slaughter (88) may also be a first name.

Slaughter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Slaughter,' two parishes in Gloucestershire, viz. Upper and Lower Slaughter.

Ballizus de Sloutre, Gloucestershire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Sloghtre, Close Rolls, 26 Edward III.

Paris Slaughter.

1781. Married — William Hill and Elizabeth Slaugnter: Canterbury Cath.

1791. — Thomas Slaughter and Elizabeth Davies: St. George, Hanover Square.

1803. — Joseph Wood and Elizabeth Slafter: ibid.

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

(English) 1 for Slaughterer; Butcher [from Middle English slaught, Old English sleaht, slaughter] Cp. Ger. schlächter, ‘slaughterer’.

2 belonging to Slaughter (Glouc.), 14th cent. Sloghtre, 13th cent. Sloutre = the Sloe- Tree [Old English slá(h, sloe + tréow (Middle English tre), tree]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at, or near, a slough or muddy place; one who came from Slaughter (muddy place), in Gloucestershire; one who killed animals, a butcher.

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

There are two parishes, as well as a hundred, so designated in Gloucestershire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From one of the two parishes so called co. Gloucester; perhaps derived from the name of a river. There is a place called Slaughterford co. Wilts. Slaughter may also sometimes be the same as Slatter, which has been derived from the Danish, slagter, a butcher. Slaughter is the name of a butcher at Notting Hill, Middlesex.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in near Sherborne, Gloucestershire Or from the German, Slotta; from the Dutch, Slooter; from the Flemish, Slotte; a personal name.

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

Slaughter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Slaughter is most common in The United States. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Slaughter? popularity and diffusion

The last name Slaughter is the 13,999th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 183,049 people. The surname Slaughter is predominantly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Slaughter are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,017,994th most numerous forename globally It is held by 88 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 35,783 people, or 1 in 10,129. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 13 percent are found, California, where 6 percent are found and Georgia, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 67 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Slaughter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Slaughter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Slaughter last name expanded 488 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 152 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,083 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 2,900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 700 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Slaughter Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Slaughter last name are 11.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.21% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Slaughter earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 57.66% more than the national average, earning 545,623 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 37.56% more than the national average, earning R 326,904 per year; in United States they earn 8.39% less than the national average, earning $39,530 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.41% more than the national average, earning $55,849 CAD per year.

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