Skip to content

The surname Slawson

A surname, carried by 2,081 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S425

Slawson: #14,368 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Slawson #14,368, 2,081 people Slawson: #14,368 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Slawson #14,368, 2,081 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slawson is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

Unexplained.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,081 people named Slawson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,364 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,094.

#14,368
rank among US surnames
2,081
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
-0.6%
change since 2000 (was #13,347)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,363Heinrichs2,082148,293
#14,368Artman2,081148,364
#14,374Sclafani2,080148,435

Who is named Slawson

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

92% of people named Slawson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

  • Slauson

Slawson has the Soundex code S425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S425.

Questions

Where does the surname Slawson come from?
Unexplained.
How common is the surname Slawson?
2,081 people in the United States had the surname Slawson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,364 Americans. It ranked 14,368th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Slawson?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Slawson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
Is the surname Slawson getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,081 in 2010, down 0.6%.
What are other spellings of Slawson?
Slauson.