The surname Slemp
A surname, carried by 1,166 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex S451
Origin
From the German surname, Americanized from Schlamp, from Middle High German slamp (“feast”) (see modern schlemmen (“to feast”)).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,166 people named Slemp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,790 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,120.
#22,158
rank among US surnames
1,166
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+4.1%
change since 2000 (was #21,680)
Who is named Slemp
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Slemp identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Questions
- Where does the surname Slemp come from?
- From the German surname, Americanized from Schlamp, from Middle High German slamp (“feast”) (see modern schlemmen (“to feast”)).
- How common is the surname Slemp?
- 1,166 people in the United States had the surname Slemp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,790 Americans. It ranked 22,158th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Slemp?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Slemp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Slemp getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,166 in 2010, up 4.1%.