How common is the surname Slaughter?

27,155 people in the United States had the surname Slaughter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,370 Americans. It ranked 1,295th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Slaughter?

Karin Slaughter, American crime writer, followed by Louise Slaughter.

Where is the surname Slaughter most common?

Wikidata records people named Slaughter in the United States.

Is the surname Slaughter getting more or less common?

More common. 26,088 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,155 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Slaughter

A surname, carried by 27,155 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slaughter is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

Originally named for someone who slaughtered animals for food.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 27,155 people named Slaughter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,370 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,088.

#1,295

rank among US surnames

27,155

people in 2010

9.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,234)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,286	Montano	27,276	11,319
#1,287	Paredes	27,274	11,320
#1,288	Delatorre	27,265	11,324
#1,289	Langley	27,252	11,329
#1,290	Sinclair	27,243	11,333
#1,291	Dwyer	27,240	11,334
#1,292	Shirley	27,224	11,341

Who is named Slaughter

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

57% of people named Slaughter identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Black (not Hispanic) 37%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Slaughters

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karin Slaughter
American crime writer, born 1971
Louise Slaughter
American politician (1929–2018)
Marcus Slaughter
American basketball player (born 1985)
Mark Slaughter
American singer, born 1964
Rosalie Slaughter Morton
American physician (1876–1968)
Anne-Marie Slaughter
American academic, foreign policy analyst, and public commentator, born 1958
Gabriel Slaughter
American politician (1767-1830)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Slaughter

Slaughter has the Soundex code S423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S423.

Questions

Where does the surname Slaughter come from?: Originally named for someone who slaughtered animals for food.
How common is the surname Slaughter?: 27,155 people in the United States had the surname Slaughter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,370 Americans. It ranked 1,295th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Slaughter?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Slaughter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Slaughter?: Karin Slaughter, American crime writer, followed by Louise Slaughter.
Where is the surname Slaughter most common?: Wikidata records people named Slaughter in the United States.
Is the surname Slaughter getting more or less common?: More common. 26,088 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,155 in 2010, up 4.1%.