Frequency: (145)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
altered spelling of German Schlingloff, perhaps a nickname for a great eater, from Middle Low German slingen ‘to gobble up’ + Loff, short form of a personal name Liutfried.
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