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    The surname Slama

    A surname, carried by 1,632 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S450

    Slama: #17,323 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Slama #17,323, 1,632 people Slama: #17,323 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Slama #17,323, 1,632 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slama is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech Sláma.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,632 people named Slama in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,182 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,513.

    #17,323
    rank among US surnames
    1,632
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.9%
    change since 2000 (was #17,240)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,319Schmeling1,634188,951
    #17,322Noakes1,633189,066
    #17,323Galo1,632189,182
    #17,331Uhler1,631189,298

    Who is named Slama

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

    94% of people named Slama identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Slama

    Slama has the Soundex code S450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S450.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Slama come from?
    From Czech Sláma.
    How common is the surname Slama?
    1,632 people in the United States had the surname Slama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,182 Americans. It ranked 17,323rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Slama?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Slama identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Slama getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,632 in 2010, up 7.9%.