Sley Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Sley Surname Definition:
Sleigh: (Old Norse slethr), level land. The surname Slee may come from it. Sleeman is the occupant of a holding on the Sley.
Sley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 85 | 1:590,808 | 39,807 |
The alternate forms: Šley (4) are calculated separately.
Sley (135) may also be a first name.
Sley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Sleigh: (Old Norse slethr), level land. The surname Slee may come from it. Sleeman is the occupant of a holding on the Sley.
Sley Demographics
Average Sley Salary in
United States
$62,425 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sley Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sley (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻲ, Russian: Слей) is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Šley. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sley? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sley is the 1,453,389th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Sley live; 32 percent live in West Africa and 30 percent live in Chadic Africa. Sley is also the 797,647th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 135 people.
This last name is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 436,182. In Niger Sley is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 36 percent live, Dosso Region, where 23 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 16 percent live. Apart from Niger this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent live and Tunisia, where 6 percent live.
Sley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sley surname contracted 49 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sley Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sley are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.
Sley earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 44.67% more than the national average, earning $62,425 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sley Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sley in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻲ | sly | 66.67 |
| ﺃﺳﻠﻲ | asly | 33.33 |
| Sley in the Russian language | ||
| Слей | slej | - |
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Footnotes
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