Sleight Surname

119,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,846 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Sleight Surname Definition:

= Slight, q.v.

Sleight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8231:198,82619,572
England1,6031:34,7594,590
Australia1811:149,14815,854
Canada531:695,20056,020
Scotland431:124,5077,876
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Jamaica241:119,5814,532
Iceland231:16,5261,395
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Wales51:618,90625,852
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
France21:33,211,361423,184
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6091:40,0255,089
Scotland121:311,9359,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6061:82,8698,678

Sleight Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Slight, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Wiltshire.

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

Sleight Last Name Facts

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

Sleight is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sleight? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sleight is the 119,494th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,894,838 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Sleight are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 1,823 people, or 1 in 198,826. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 14 percent reside, Michigan, where 12 percent reside and Utah, where 10 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also common in England, where 42 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Sleight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sleight has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sleight last name expanded 301 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 263 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 358 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sleight Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those holding the Sleight surname are 11.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.43% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sleight earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.82% more than the national average, earning R 358,404 per year; in United States they earn 13.94% more than the national average, earning $49,166 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.02% less than the national average, earning $43,212 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sleights9333/
Sleighet930/
Slight922,032/
Sleght9219/
Schleight880/
Slaight86474/
Slights8668/
Slighte8639/
Sclight8615/
Slieght864/
Sleghtz862/
Sleighs860/
Sluight860/
Schlight8073/
Schleght804/
Sillight800/
Slaght771,162/
Slighh771/
Clight771/
Sleghs771/
Sleige770/
Schleaght750/
Slaught7186/
Slaughte676/
Slaughts671/

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Sleight Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sleight
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