How common is the surname Slagle?

8,573 people in the United States had the surname Slagle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,014 Americans. It ranked 4,135th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Slagle?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Slagle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Slagle getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,573 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Slagle

A German surname, carried by 8,573 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S424

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slagle is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized spelling of German Schlegel.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,573 people named Slagle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,014 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,632.

#4,135

rank among US surnames

8,573

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,770)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,126	Deanda	8,600	35,901
#4,127	Calabrese	8,599	35,905
#4,128	Matheny	8,595	35,922
#4,129	Yuan	8,588	35,951
#4,130	Harbin	8,587	35,955
#4,131	Molnar	8,586	35,959
#4,132	Gough	8,584	35,968

Who is named Slagle

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

95% of people named Slagle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Slagle come from?: Americanized spelling of German Schlegel.
How common is the surname Slagle?: 8,573 people in the United States had the surname Slagle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,014 Americans. It ranked 4,135th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Slagle?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Slagle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Slagle getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,573 in 2010, down 0.7%.