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    The surname Slaten

    A surname, carried by 1,048 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S435

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slaten is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,048 people named Slaten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. That is down 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,347.

    #24,049
    rank among US surnames
    1,048
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -22.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,802)

    Who is named Slaten

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

    85% of people named Slaten identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Slaten

    Slaten has the Soundex code S435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S435.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Slaten?
    1,048 people in the United States had the surname Slaten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. It ranked 24,049th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Slaten?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Slaten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Slaten getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,347 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,048 in 2010, down 22%.