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    The surname Slifer

    A surname, carried by 1,374 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S416

    Slifer: #19,628 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Slifer #19,628, 1,374 people Slifer: #19,628 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Slifer #19,628, 1,374 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slifer is more common than 87.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,374 people named Slifer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,266.

    #19,628
    rank among US surnames
    1,374
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,695)

    Who is named Slifer

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

    97% of people named Slifer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • 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

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    Surnames that sound like Slifer

    Slifer has the Soundex code S416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S416.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Slifer?
    1,374 people in the United States had the surname Slifer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. It ranked 19,628th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Slifer?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Slifer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Slifer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,266 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,374 in 2010, up 8.5%.