Sligh Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 5
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 10
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Sligh Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sligh family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Farm Servant 2
Labourer 2
Spinner 2
Coal Miner 1
Cotton Carder 1
Gardener 1
Gardener Wife 1
Pupil 1
Wheelwright 1
Annuitant 1
Fish Monger 1
Servant 1
Drawer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Sligh

Name Census Frequency
William Sligh 18
John Sligh 14
Thomas Sligh 13
James Sligh 8
Mary Sligh 8
Agnes Sligh 7
Sarah Sligh 6
Alice Sligh 5
Samuel Sligh 5
Ann Sligh 4
David Sligh 4
Margaret Sligh 4
Walter Sligh 4
Annie Sligh 3
Ellen Sligh 3
Isabella Sligh 3
Jane Sligh 3
Robert Sligh 3
Albert Sligh 2
Archbold Sligh 2
Archibald Sligh 2
Arthur Sligh 2
Charles Sligh 2
Charlotte Sligh 2
Eleanor Sligh 2

Sligh Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sly 40% 6,824
2 Sleigh 83% 3,904
3 Slough 67% 2,246
4 Sligh 100% 203
5 Slye 40% 103

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The surname Sligh is the 4th most popular variant of Sly.

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