Sleeper Surname

126,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,595 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Sleeper Surname Definition:

Occup 'the slipper,' i.e. a maker of sword-slips (see Swordslipper), an important craft in its day. (2) Nick. 'the sleeper,' a dull, heavy, sleepy sort of a fellow.

Simon le Slepar, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Johannes Slipar, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Sleeper Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,3471:108,29411,846
Israel1011:84,72910,121
Canada611:604,02649,778
England511:1,092,51152,584
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4241:35,2664,191

Sleeper (19) may also be a first name.

Sleeper Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Occup 'the slipper,' i.e. a maker of sword-slips (see Swordslipper), an important craft in its day. (2) Nick. 'the sleeper,' a dull, heavy, sleepy sort of a fellow.

Simon le Slepar, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Johannes Slipar, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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

V. Slipper2.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who made scabbards for swords; one who polished or sharpened swords. *

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

1. A sword-slyper., a cutler, one whose principal work was to whet swords. Acts James VI. Teutonic slippen, acuere. Belgic slyper, a whetter. Jamieson. 2. One who wishes to sneak away for fear of detection. Ibid. 3. One who is tawdry and slovenly in dress. Ibid.-all under the word slyper.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Dutch.) A cartman, or one who carries goods on a sledge.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The same as Slyper. From the old word sword-sleiper, a sword-grinder; from Teutonic, schwerdt-schleiffer. Slyper is the name of a diamond-cutter in London. Hence no doubt the surname Sleeper. The name Slipper has been connected with the Spanish name Zapata; and zapáta, zapáto is a kind of half-boot. Mellado gives three Spaniards of the name of Zapata—Antonio Zapata de Cisneros, a cardinal, born at Madrid in 1550; Antonio or Lupian Zapata, born at Segorbe in the seventeenth century; and Antonio Zapata, born at Soria at the end of the seventeenth century. The latter was one of the most celebrated of the pupils of Antonio Palomino, and, among many others, painted a fine picture of St. Peter and St. Paul for the cathedral of Osma. The name is probably derived from locality. Zapata is the appellation of a district of Spain, prov. Avila; and of a place prov. Pontevedra. Zapateros is the name of a village prov. Córdoba; and there are places in Spain called Zapategui, Zapateira, Zapateiro, Zapatera, Zapateria, Zapatero, and Zapaton.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Sleeper Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sleeper is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sleeper? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sleeper is the 126,424th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,027,134 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Sleeper reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name internationally, held by 19 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3,347 people, or 1 in 108,294. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States it occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Sleeper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sleeper has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sleeper surname grew 235 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 364 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sleeper Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sleeper surname are 6.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.13% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sleeper earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.87% more than the national average, earning $47,407 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.03% less than the national average, earning $44,699 CAD per year.

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