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    The surname Slevin

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,240 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S415

    Slevin: #21,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Slevin #21,173, 1,240 people Slevin: #21,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Slevin #21,173, 1,240 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slevin is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Slavin.

    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 1,240 people named Slevin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,988 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,163.

    #21,173
    rank among US surnames
    1,240
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,054)

    Who is named Slevin

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

    95% of people named Slevin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Slevin

    Slevin has the Soundex code S415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S415.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Slevin come from?
    Variant of Slavin.
    How common is the surname Slevin?
    1,240 people in the United States had the surname Slevin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,988 Americans. It ranked 21,173rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Slevin?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Slevin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Slevin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,240 in 2010, up 6.6%.