# Slattery (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,695 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,082 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,508 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (8,590 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Slatara (“descendant of Slatra”), a byname meaning "strong, robust, bold".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Slattery 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Slattery in the United States.

## People named Slattery

- John Slattery, American actor
- Richard X. Slattery, American actor, former policeman (1925-1997)
- James M. Slattery, American politician (1878-1948)
- Jimmy Slattery, American boxer (1904-1960)

## Similar surnames

Slater, Slaughter, Salter, Saulter, Salters, Schlatter, Schlater, Showalter, Schlueter, Soltero, Sluder, Shoulders.

## 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.