Sleights Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sleights Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sleights Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:2,143,00282,017
United States71:51,779,848968,877
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Sleights Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sleights occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sleights? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Sleights is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Sleights live; 79 percent live in Northern Europe and 79 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 2,143,002. In England Sleights is primarily concentrated in: Durham, where 81 percent are found and North Yorkshire, where 19 percent are found. Other than England it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent are found.

Sleights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sleights has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Sleights last name increased 650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sleights Last Name Statistics demography

Sleights earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.14% more than the national average, earning $47,094 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sleight933,846/
Slights9368/
Sleighet880/
Slight862,032/
Sleght8619/
Schleight820/
Slaight80474/
Slighte8039/
Sclight8015/
Slieght804/
Sleghtz802/
Clights801/
Sluight800/
Schlight7573/
Schleght754/
Slaughts751/
Sillight750/
Slaght711,162/
Clight711/
Schleaght710/
Slaught6786/
Slaughte636/
Zlought53328/
Claught531/
Clought530/
Schlaegd500/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sleights
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