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    The surname Slack

    A surname, carried by 13,377 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S420

    Slack: #2,692 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Slack #2,692, 13,377 people Slack: #2,692 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Slack #2,692, 13,377 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slack is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English and Dutch surname, from the adjective slack. * Also as an English surname, from the noun slack (“shallow valley”). * Possibly also a Slovene surname Americanized from slak (“bindweed”), from Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ. * The name of the software is an acronym of Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,377 people named Slack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,080 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,893.

    #2,692
    rank among US surnames
    13,377
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,579)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,683Darden13,41423,017
    #2,684Joy13,41323,018
    #2,685Tirado13,41023,024
    #2,686Robb13,40223,037
    #2,687Templeton13,39623,048
    #2,688Rinehart13,39223,054
    #2,689Goetz13,39023,058

    Who is named Slack

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

    83% of people named Slack identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Slacks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joshua Slack
      Austrian beach volleyball player, born 1976

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Slack

    Slack has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Slack come from?
    * As an English and Dutch surname, from the adjective slack. * Also as an English surname, from the noun slack (“shallow valley”). * Possibly also a Slovene surname Americanized from slak (“bindweed”), from Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ. * The name of the software is an acronym of Searchable Log of All…
    How common is the surname Slack?
    13,377 people in the United States had the surname Slack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,080 Americans. It ranked 2,692nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Slack?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Slack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Slack?
    Joshua Slack, Austrian beach volleyball player.
    Where is the surname Slack most common?
    Wikidata records people named Slack in Australia.
    Is the surname Slack getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,377 in 2010, up 3.8%.