# Slade (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/slade/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,599 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,861 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,506 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.9% (11,893 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /sleɪd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Slade in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Slade in the United States.

## People named Slade

- Mark Slade, American actor, artist, author
- Max Elliott Slade, American actor
- William Slade, American politician (1786-1859)

## Similar surnames

Slate, Schulte, Sloat, Schuldt, Solt, Schild, Shield, Salt, Soliday.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.