Slee Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 4
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 22
Cornwall 27
Cumberland 127
Derbyshire 6
Devon 405
Dorset 1
Durham 105
Essex 38
Gloucestershire 33
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 7
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 4
Lancashire 108
Leicestershire 11
Lincolnshire 0
London 64
Middlesex 9
Northumberland 56
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 13
Surrey 15
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 27
Westmorland 52
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 98

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 123
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 8
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Slee Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Slee family

Profession Census Frequency
General Servant Domestic 18
Scholar 18
General Labourer 18
Living On Own Means 17
Farmer 13
Domestic Servant 11
Dress Maker 11
Mason 10
Carpenter 8
Masons Labourer 8
Dressmaker 7
Stone Mason 7
Agricultural Labourer 6
Cook Domestic 6
Tailor 6
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 6
Builder Labourer 5
None 4
Charwoman 4
Commercial Traveller 4
Attending School 4
Grocer 4
Carter On Farm 3
Gardener Domestic 3
Auctioneer & Valuer 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Slee

Name Census Frequency
William Slee 636
Mary Slee 635
John Slee 625
Elizabeth Slee 421
Thomas Slee 311
Sarah Slee 221
Jane Slee 206
George Slee 205
James Slee 198
Ann Slee 195
Margaret Slee 180
Richard Slee 178
Robert Slee 152
Henry Slee 145
Annie Slee 118
Charles Slee 118
Frederick Slee 116
Joseph Slee 109
Emily Slee 95
Eliza Slee 85
Emma Slee 79
Florence Slee 77
Ellen Slee 74
Hannah Slee 74
Alice Slee 71

Slee Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Seal 25% 17,060
2 Sale 50% 15,533
3 Saul 25% 9,690
4 Slee 100% 8,358
5 Sell 25% 7,503
6 Seale 40% 6,004
7 Sole 50% 5,637
8 Seel 50% 2,139
9 Soul 25% 1,988
10 Isle 50% 1,329
11 Sail 25% 883
12 Soal 25% 871
13 Soule 40% 446
14 Soole 40% 373
15 Easlea 50% 248
16 Saile 40% 206
17 Sala 25% 122
18 Slie 75% 110

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The surname Slee is the 4th most popular variant of Seal.

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