How common is the surname Sly?

3,205 people in the United States had the surname Sly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. It ranked 10,050th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sly?

In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Sly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Sly?

Wendy Smith-Sly, British athlete.

Where is the surname Sly most common?

Wikidata records people named Sly in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Sly getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,205 in 2010, down 0.1%.

Is Sly also a first name?

Yes. Sly is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Sly

A surname, carried by 3,205 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sly is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,205 people named Sly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,209.

#10,050

rank among US surnames

3,205

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,325)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,041	Caster	3,208	96,242
#10,044	Lieb	3,207	96,272
#10,046	Pound	3,206	96,302
#10,050	Dasher	3,205	96,332
#10,059	Wesolowski	3,204	96,363

Who is named Sly

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

80% of people named Sly identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Slys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wendy Smith-Sly
British athlete, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sly

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

Questions

How common is the surname Sly?: 3,205 people in the United States had the surname Sly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. It ranked 10,050th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sly?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Sly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sly?: Wendy Smith-Sly, British athlete.
Where is the surname Sly most common?: Wikidata records people named Sly in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Sly getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,205 in 2010, down 0.1%.
Is Sly also a first name?: Yes. Sly is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.