How common is the surname Slate?

5,969 people in the United States had the surname Slate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,725 Americans. It ranked 5,796th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Slate?

Jenny Slate, American actress and comedian (born 1982), followed by Jeremy Slate.

Where is the surname Slate most common?

Wikidata records people named Slate in the United States.

Is the surname Slate getting more or less common?

More common. 5,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,969 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Slate

An occupational surname, carried by 5,969 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slate is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

Metonymic occupational surname for a slater.

Slate is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,969 people named Slate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,725 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,687.

#5,796

rank among US surnames

5,969

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #5,597)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,790	Hubbell	5,977	51,656
#5,791	Izquierdo	5,974	51,682
#5,794	Costanzo	5,970	51,716
#5,796	Slate	5,969	51,725
#5,799	Truax	5,968	51,734

Who is named Slate

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

88% of people named Slate identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Slates

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jenny Slate
American actress and comedian (born 1982)
Jeremy Slate
American actor (1926-2006)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Slates

Surnames that sound like Slate

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

Questions

Where does the surname Slate come from?: Metonymic occupational surname for a slater.
How common is the surname Slate?: 5,969 people in the United States had the surname Slate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,725 Americans. It ranked 5,796th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Slate?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Slate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Slate?: Jenny Slate, American actress and comedian (born 1982), followed by Jeremy Slate.
Where is the surname Slate most common?: Wikidata records people named Slate in the United States.
What type of surname is Slate?: Slate is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Slate getting more or less common?: More common. 5,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,969 in 2010, up 5.0%.
What are other spellings of Slate?: Slates.