# Slaton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/slaton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,577 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,143 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 55,361 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (5,198 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Slaton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Slaton in the United States.

## People named Slaton

- John M. Slaton, American politician (1866-1955)

## Similar surnames

Slayton, Sultan, Slatton, Slayden, Slaten, Shelton, Skelton, Sultanov, Saldana, Sheldon, Sultana, Scholten.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.