Slinger Family History
Slinger Name Meaning
Northern English and Dutch: from an agent derivative of Middle
English sling, Dutch slinge ‘strap for hurling stones’
(of Low German origin), hence an occupational name for a soldier or
hunter armed with a sling, or nickname for someone who was a
particularly good shot with this weapon. The word was also used of the
ropes and pulleys used for lifting blocks of stone during building
work, and the surname would also have denoted a worker who operated
these slings.German: see Schlinger.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Slinger Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Slinger families
 11 - 20  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Slinger families
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247 - 492 83 - 246 |
1 - 82 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Slinger families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Slinger Family Origin
Slinger Immigration Information
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Slinger Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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