How common is the surname Slick?

1,693 people in the United States had the surname Slick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,366 Americans. It ranked 16,856th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Slick?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Slick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Slick?

Grace Slick, American musician, writer and painter, followed by Earl Slick.

Where is the surname Slick most common?

Wikidata records people named Slick in the United States.

Is the surname Slick getting more or less common?

More common. 1,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,693 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Slick

A surname, carried by 1,693 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slick is more common than 89.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,693 people named Slick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,366 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,596.

#16,856

rank among US surnames

1,693

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,562)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,848	Stoehr	1,694	182,258
#16,856	Loiacono	1,693	182,366
#16,860	Cermak	1,692	182,474
#16,864	Doyal	1,691	182,582

Who is named Slick

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

91% of people named Slick identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Slicks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Grace Slick
American musician, writer and painter, born 1939
Earl Slick
American guitarist, born 1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Slick

Slick has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

Questions

How common is the surname Slick?: 1,693 people in the United States had the surname Slick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,366 Americans. It ranked 16,856th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Slick?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Slick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Slick?: Grace Slick, American musician, writer and painter, followed by Earl Slick.
Where is the surname Slick most common?: Wikidata records people named Slick in the United States.
Is the surname Slick getting more or less common?: More common. 1,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,693 in 2010, up 6.1%.