Sleep is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sleep
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

A variant form of the Slipper. 1. A sword-slyper, a cutler, one whose principal work was to whet swords. Acts James VI Teutonic slippen, acuere. Belgic slyper, a whetter. 2. One who wishes to sneak away for fear of detection. lbid. 3. One who is tawdry and slovenly in dress-all under the word slyper.

A form of Sleeper. One who made scabbards for swords; one who polished or sharpened swords.

The surname is the variation of Slape. Slippery, smooth; hence, metaphorically, crafty.

Form of Sleap. Probably from Sleep, a hamlet in the parish of St. Peter, at St. Albans, county of Herts.

A hamlet in the parish of St. Peter, liberty of St. Albans, county of Hertford.

How popular is Sleep?

Sleep is common in Australia, England, United States, Canada, Egypt, New Zealand.

Sleep is ranked 130742 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sleeps plummeted by 0.81 per cent to 487 since 2000 and slipped by 2471 spots and ranked at 44193. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.63 96.54
Hispanic or Latino 2.46 1.22
Others 2.05 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.44 0
Sleep is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Australia. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Cayman Islands. Around 3458 people have been found who wears Sleep as their family name. Sleep is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Sleep:
3,335 Australia1,110
Countries with hundreds of Sleep:
8,143 England785
42,300 United States720
10,815 Canada370
38,342 Egypt122
6,460 New Zealand119
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,162 South Africa64
5,433 Wales51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
339,406 India30
15,044 Scotland16
636 Cayman Islands13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
82,436 Spain9
512,203 Thailand7
6,082 Oman6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Enry-G. Sleep from Germany aboard the Amsterdam from Amsterdam on August 28, 1882. He is registered to be 9 years old when he arrived in USA. Gabriel Sleep, aged 37, Dora Sleep (44), 53 years old Juergen Sleep, Marg. Sleep, are others that migrated to US.

Sleep Namesakes

  • Team Sleep, American experimental alternative rock/post-rock group led by singer/guitarist Chino Moreno
  • Armor for Sleep, American rock band from New Jersey
  • Peter Sleep, former Australian cricketer
  • Wayne Sleep, British dancer, director, choreographer
  • Strays Don't Sleep, Nashville-based band

Sleep Namesakes

  • Team Sleep, American experimental alternative rock/post-rock group led by singer/guitarist Chino Moreno
  • Armor for Sleep, American rock band from New Jersey
  • Peter Sleep, former Australian cricketer
  • Wayne Sleep, British dancer, director, choreographer
  • Strays Don't Sleep, Nashville-based band

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