How common is the surname Slager?

1,234 people in the United States had the surname Slager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,199 Americans. It ranked 21,251st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Slager?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Slager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Slager getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,234 in 2010, down 11%.

The surname Slager

A surname, carried by 1,234 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slager is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,234 people named Slager in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 250,199 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,392.

#21,251

rank among US surnames

1,234

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-11.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,354)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,251	Guinto	1,234	250,199
#21,260	Craney	1,233	250,402

Who is named Slager

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

97% of people named Slager identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Slager

Slager has the Soundex code S426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S426.

Questions

How common is the surname Slager?: 1,234 people in the United States had the surname Slager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,199 Americans. It ranked 21,251st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Slager?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Slager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Slager getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,234 in 2010, down 11%.