Sleep Surname

130,800th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Sleep Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Lower says: 'Sleep, a hamlet in the parish of St. Peter, in the liberty of St. Alban's, Hertfordshire (Patronymica Britannica). The evidence below suggests another locality, (2) 'of Sleap' a township in the parish of Wem, Salop No doubt this is one of the chief parents.

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Sleep Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1,1101:24,3203,335
England7851:70,9788,143
United States7201:503,41542,310
Canada3701:99,58310,815
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
New Zealand1191:38,0536,460
South Africa641:846,52756,162
Wales511:60,6775,433
India301:25,568,846339,406
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Cayman Islands131:4,915636
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Oman61:614,6626,082
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
China31:455,773,85521,925
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5461:44,6445,562
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1261:398,56129,579

Sleep (70) may also be a first name.

Sleep Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Lower says: 'Sleep, a hamlet in the parish of St. Peter, in the liberty of St. Alban's, Hertfordshire (Patronymica Britannica). The evidence below suggests another locality, (2) 'of Sleap' a township in the parish of Wem, Salop No doubt this is one of the chief parents.

Coc de Slepe, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugh de Slepe, Salop, ibid.

Richard de Slepe, Salop, ibid.

1574. Buried — Ursula Slepe: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1600. Married — Thomas Sleepe and Jone Lee: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1729. — John Sleap and Parnell Buckinham: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1749. — Charles Burney and Esther Sleep: ibid.

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

(English) belonging to Sleep (Herts); or Dweller at the Slip or Slope [v. under Sleap]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A hamlet in the parish of St. Peter, liberty of St. Albans, co. Hertford.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Sleep, a hamlet in the parish of St. Peter, at St. Albans, co. Herts.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Sleepe; a location name in Herefordshire; or Slepe, Dorset Or from the Dutch, Schlipp, Sloep; from the Flemish, Sleyp; from the Danish, Schlippe; a personal name.

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

Sleep Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sleep (Arabic: سليب) is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Sleep click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sleep? popularity and diffusion

Sleep is the 130,800th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,107,445 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 36 percent of Sleep are found; 36 percent are found in Australasia and 36 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Sleep is also the 1,162,016th most frequent given name globally, held by 70 people.

This last name is most widely held in Australia, where it is held by 1,110 people, or 1 in 24,320. In Australia it is most prevalent in: South Australia, where 48 percent reside, Victoria, where 26 percent reside and Queensland, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Australia this surname occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in England, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 21 percent reside.

Sleep Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sleep has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Sleep surname grew 144 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 571 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 850 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 229 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sleep Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Sleep last name are 10.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.78% registered with the party.

The amount Sleep earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 118.29% more than the national average, earning R 518,748 per year; in United States they earn 6.83% more than the national average, earning $46,095 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.08% more than the national average, earning $51,710 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sleepe9115/
Sleeph914/
Slee895,254/
Slep89109/
Schleep8344/
Sleet801,646/
Sleap80282/
Sliep80270/
Sloep80163/
Shlee80157/
Sleed8043/
Sclep8038/
Slepp8033/
Sleyp8030/
Sleph8012/
Slees8010/
Sleer806/
Sleps803/
Shlep803/
Sclee803/
Sleev801/
Slepe801/
Sllee801/
Sleeb801/
Sleez801/
Sle7576/
Schlee734,266/
Shleev73248/
Sleets7362/
Shleer7351/
Shlepp7332/
Sellee7321/
Szliep7321/
Schlep7314/
Sleebs734/
Sleher733/
Sleppe732/
Sleeds731/
Shlees731/
Shllee731/
Shleip731/
Sleije731/
Sclhee731/
Shleeh731/
Sleejh731/
Shleet730/
Sleupe730/
Shleap730/
Sleh679,182/
Slepova673,873/
Clee672,461/
Schliep671,262/
Schluep671,009/
Sled67845/
Schlepp67789/
Sæle67778/
Schleer67578/
Sles67555/
Clep67357/
Schleip67281/
Schleeh67215/
Slip67205/
Slez67190/
Slea67177/
Slie67150/
Sley67147/
Slet6799/
Slej6791/
Shleppe6786/
Sler6735/
Sleb6733/
Sleu6730/
Schleps6729/
Schlehe6725/
Shleher6721/
Slyp6717/
Åsle6717/
Schlees6711/
Slev6710/
Zlee679/
Jlee677/
Slei676/
Slle674/
Xlee674/
Schleet673/
Shle673/
Schleed672/
Schleup672/
Schllep672/
Saellee672/
Schlept671/
Sleeths671/
Sillepp671/
Shleyev671/
Sleć671/
Sleš671/
Schlepe671/
Dsle671/
Ssle671/
Scle671/
Sxle671/
Suellee671/
Schlaep670/
Sleippe670/

Sleep Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sleep in the Arabic language
سليبslyb-

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