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    The surname Slee

    A surname, carried by 763 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S400

    Slee: #30,570 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Slee #30,570, 763 people Slee: #30,570 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Slee #30,570, 763 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slee is more common than 81.2% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, variant of Sly. * Also as an English surname, from the archaic Old English slēa (“grassy slope”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Schlee.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 763 people named Slee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 404,647 Americans. That is down 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 793.

    #30,570
    rank among US surnames
    763
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #28,353)

    Who is named Slee

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Slee identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Slee

    Slee has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Slee come from?
    * As an English surname, variant of Sly. * Also as an English surname, from the archaic Old English slēa (“grassy slope”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Schlee.
    How common is the surname Slee?
    763 people in the United States had the surname Slee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 404,647 Americans. It ranked 30,570th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Slee?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Slee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Slee getting more or less common?
    Less common. 793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 763 in 2010, down 3.8%.