Slights Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Slights Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Slights Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England411:1,358,97760,528
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515

Slights Last Name Facts

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

The last name Slights is found most in England. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Slights? popularity and diffusion

The surname Slights is the 2,312,869th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name Slights occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Slights reside; 63 percent reside in Northern Europe and 63 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,358,977. In England Slights is most frequent in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 34 percent live, Staffordshire, where 22 percent live and Kent, where 15 percent live. Excluding England this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.

Slights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Slights has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Slights last name expanded 114 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Slights Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Slights surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.

Slights earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.29% less than the national average, earning $33,529 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sleights9333/
Slight922,032/
Sleight863,846/
Slaight86474/
Slighte8639/
Sclight8615/
Slieght864/
Clights861/
Sluight860/
Schlight8073/
Sleighet800/
Sillight800/
Sleght7719/
Clight771/
Schleight750/
Sleghtz712/
Schleght674/
Schleaght630/

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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 Slights
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