Sleight Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Sleight Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sleight family

Profession Census Frequency
Dress Maker 8
General Labourer 7
General Servant Domestic 7
Scholar 7
Farmer 6
Living On Own Means 5
Agricultural Labourer 5
Coal Miner Hewer 4
Painter 4
Stone Mason 3
General Farm Labourer 3
Ironstone Miner 3
Seamstress 3
Railway Labourer 2
Cook Domestic 2
Dock Labourer 2
Green Grocer 2
Librarians Assistant Books 2
Moulders Labourer 2
Nurse Domestic 2
Servant Domestic 2
Worsted Twister 2
Milliner Assistant 2
Housemaid Domestic 2
Cabinet Maker 2

Sleight Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Slight 86% 4,544
2 Sleight 100% 3,547

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The surname Sleight is the 2nd most popular variant of Slight.

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