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    The surname Slane

    A surname, carried by 1,623 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S450

    Slane: #17,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Slane #17,392, 1,623 people Slane: #17,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Slane #17,392, 1,623 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slane is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,623 people named Slane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,231 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,564.

    #17,392
    rank among US surnames
    1,623
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #16,802)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,385Brasel1,624190,114
    #17,392Slavens1,623190,231
    #17,398Olaughlin1,622190,349

    Who is named Slane

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

    93% of people named Slane identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • 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 Slane

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Slane?
    1,623 people in the United States had the surname Slane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,231 Americans. It ranked 17,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Slane?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Slane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Slane getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,623 in 2010, up 3.8%.