Slay Surname
Approximately 5,673 people bear this surname
Slay Surname Definition:
A variant of Sly, q.v. [Middle English sleh, etc.: cp. Old Norse slæg-r, slœg-r, cunning]
Slay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,381 | 1:67,359 | 7,839 |
| England | 85 | 1:655,507 | 38,035 |
| Russia | 56 | 1:2,573,626 | 147,394 |
| Japan | 48 | 1:2,663,423 | 31,597 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 1:1,964,722 | 89,832 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 61 | 1:399,596 | 24,084 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 554 | 1:90,647 | 9,336 |
Slay (164) may also be a first name.
Slay Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A variant of Sly, q.v. [Middle English sleh, etc.: cp. Old Norse slæg-r, slœg-r, cunning]
Slay Demographics
Slay Political Affiliation
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Slay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Slay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Slay (Arabic: صلاى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻼﻱ, Russian: Слай) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Slay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 85,084th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,284,602 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Slay are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 715,247th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 164 people.
The surname Slay is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 5,381 people, or 1 in 67,359. In The United States Slay is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 15 percent live, Alabama, where 9 percent live and Georgia, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.
Slay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Slay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Slay last name rose 971 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 139 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Slay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Slay surname is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Slay surname are 20.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.11% being registered with the party.
Slay earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.38% less than the national average, earning $39,103 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Slay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Slay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻼﻱ | slay | - |
| Slay in the Russian language | ||
| Слай | slaj | - |
| Slay in the Arabic language | ||
| صلاى | slay | - |
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Slay Reference & Research
Slay FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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