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    The surname Slayton

    A surname, carried by 7,069 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S435

    Slayton: #4,969 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Slayton #4,969, 7,069 people Slayton: #4,969 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Slayton #4,969, 7,069 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slayton is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,069 people named Slayton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,676 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,609.

    #4,969
    rank among US surnames
    7,069
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,879)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,960Hague7,09343,528
    #4,961Suh7,08943,553
    #4,962Hannan7,08643,571
    #4,963Feller7,08543,577
    #4,964Palomares7,08443,584
    #4,965Oropeza7,08243,596
    #4,966Lagunas7,08043,608

    Who is named Slayton

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

    81% of people named Slayton identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Slaytons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Deke Slayton
      American astronaut (1924–1993)
    • Darius Slayton
      American football player, born 1997

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Slayton

    Slayton has the Soundex code S435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S435.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Slayton?
    7,069 people in the United States had the surname Slayton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,676 Americans. It ranked 4,969th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Slayton?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Slayton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Slayton?
    Deke Slayton, American astronaut (1924–1993), followed by Darius Slayton.
    Where is the surname Slayton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Slayton in the United States.
    Is the surname Slayton getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,069 in 2010, up 7.0%.