How common is the surname Slattery?

8,695 people in the United States had the surname Slattery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,508 Americans. It ranked 4,082nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Slattery?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Slattery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Slattery?

John Slattery, American actor, followed by Richard X. Slattery.

Where is the surname Slattery most common?

Wikidata records people named Slattery in the United States.

Is the surname Slattery getting more or less common?

More common. 8,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,695 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Slattery

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 8,695 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slattery is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Slattery is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,695 people named Slattery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,508 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,590.

#4,082

rank among US surnames

8,695

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,785)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,074	Geer	8,717	35,419
#4,075	Foltz	8,714	35,431
#4,076	Santoro	8,713	35,435
#4,078	Lanning	8,711	35,443
#4,079	Plascencia	8,710	35,447
#4,080	Burkhardt	8,707	35,459
#4,081	Autry	8,704	35,472

Who is named Slattery

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

96% of people named Slattery identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Slatterys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Slattery
American actor, born 1962
Richard X. Slattery
American actor, former policeman (1925-1997)
James M. Slattery
American politician (1878-1948)
Jimmy Slattery
American boxer (1904-1960)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Slattery

Slattery has the Soundex code S436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S436.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Slattery come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Slatara (“descendant of Slatra”), a byname meaning "strong, robust, bold".
How common is the surname Slattery?: 8,695 people in the United States had the surname Slattery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,508 Americans. It ranked 4,082nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Slattery?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Slattery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Slattery?: John Slattery, American actor, followed by Richard X. Slattery.
Where is the surname Slattery most common?: Wikidata records people named Slattery in the United States.
What type of surname is Slattery?: Slattery is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Slattery getting more or less common?: More common. 8,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,695 in 2010, up 1.2%.