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
Slay (Arabic: صلاى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻼﻱ, Russian: Слай) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Slay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Slay is the 85,084th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,284,602 people. The surname Slay is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Slay live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 715,247th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 164 people.
Slay is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 5,381 people, or 1 in 67,359. In The United States Slay is most numerous in: Texas, where 15 percent reside, Alabama, where 9 percent reside and Georgia, where 9 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name is found in 38 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.
Slay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Slay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Slay surname increased 971 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 139 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Slay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Slay surname is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Slay surname are 20.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.11% registered to vote for the political 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Slay
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