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    The surname Slade

    A surname, carried by 12,599 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /sleɪd/ 1 syllable Soundex S430

    Slade: #2,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Slade #2,861, 12,599 people Slade: #2,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Slade #2,861, 12,599 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slade is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,599 people named Slade in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,506 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,893.

    #2,861
    rank among US surnames
    12,599
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,783)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,852Lerma12,63924,428
    #2,853Alcantara12,63624,434
    #2,854Houck12,63424,438
    #2,855Seitz12,63024,445
    #2,856Schubert12,62924,447
    #2,857Munguia12,61524,474
    #2,858Reddy12,61424,476

    Who is named Slade

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

    64% of people named Slade identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Slades

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mark Slade
      American actor, artist, author, born 1939
    • Max Elliott Slade
      American actor, born 1978
    • William Slade
      American politician (1786-1859)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Slade

    Slade has the Soundex code S430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S430.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Slade?
    12,599 people in the United States had the surname Slade in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,506 Americans. It ranked 2,861st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Slade?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Slade identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Slade?
    Mark Slade, American actor, artist, author, followed by Max Elliott Slade.
    Where is the surname Slade most common?
    Wikidata records people named Slade in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Slade?
    Slade is /sleɪd/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Slade getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,599 in 2010, up 5.9%.