English: habitational name from Slingsby (North Yorkshire) from an Old Norse personal name Slengr (genitive Slengs) + Old Norse bȳ ‘farmstead village’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
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Where is the Slingsby family from?
You can see how Slingsby families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Slingsby family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most Slingsby families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 440 Slingsby families living in Yorkshire. This was about 48% of all the recorded Slingsby's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Slingsby families in 1891.
Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Slingsby surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.
In 1939, Incapacitated and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Slingsby. 9% of Slingsby men worked as an Incapacitated and 77% of Slingsby women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Slingsby were Carpenter joiner and Unpaid Domestic Duti. .
Between 1952 and 2004, in the United States, Slingsby life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1952, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for Slingsby in 1952 was 46, and 85 in 2004.