Sligo Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
Sligo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 75 | 1:60,378 | 9,390 |
| United States | 47 | 1:7,711,892 | 346,147 |
| Scotland | 37 | 1:144,698 | 8,671 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Ireland | 19 | 1:247,839 | 9,475 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 25 | 1:149,729 | 6,268 |
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Sligo Demographics
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Sligo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sligo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sligo occurs more in New Zealand more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sligo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,025,894th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. Sligo is predominantly found in Oceania, where 43 percent of Sligo are found; 43 percent are found in Australasia and 43 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname Sligo is most frequently occurring in New Zealand, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 60,378. In New Zealand it is mostly concentrated in: Bay of Plenty Region, where 29 percent are found, Auckland Region, where 21 percent are found and Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account New Zealand it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Scotland, where 15 percent are found.
Sligo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sligo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sligo last name rose 214 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 148 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it rose 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sligo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sligo surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sligo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 89.4% less than the national average, earning R 25,188 per year and in United States they earn 34.52% more than the national average, earning $58,045 USD per year.
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Sligo Reference & Research
Sligo FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sligo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis