How common is the surname Sliger?

2,438 people in the United States had the surname Sliger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,639 Americans. It ranked 12,676th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sliger?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sliger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sliger getting more or less common?

More common. 2,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,438 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Sliger

A surname, carried by 2,438 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sliger is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,438 people named Sliger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,639 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,366.

#12,676

rank among US surnames

2,438

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #12,096)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,667	Klee	2,440	126,535
#12,670	Gilland	2,439	126,587
#12,676	Villasana	2,438	126,639
#12,680	Creason	2,437	126,691
#12,682	Filer	2,436	126,743
#12,683	Backstrom	2,435	126,795

Who is named Sliger

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

94% of people named Sliger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sliger

Sliger has the Soundex code S426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S426.

Questions

How common is the surname Sliger?: 2,438 people in the United States had the surname Sliger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,639 Americans. It ranked 12,676th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sliger?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sliger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sliger getting more or less common?: More common. 2,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,438 in 2010, up 3.0%.