# Sloan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sloan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 43,261 |
| US rank (2010) | 800 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,137 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (42,281 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /sloʊn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Sloane |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sloan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sloan in the United States.

## People named Sloan

- Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman (1875–1966)
- Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach (1942–2020)
- John Sloan, American painter (1871–1951)
- Bridget Sloan, American gymnast
- Donald Sloan, American basketball player (born 1988)
- P. F. Sloan, American singer and songwriter (1945–2015)
- Tina Sloan, American actress
- Sam Sloan, American chess player
- Dulcé Sloan, American comedian and actress
- Henry Sloan, American Delta blues musician
- Robin Sloan, American writer (born 1979)

## Similar surnames

Solano, Slone, Sloane, Slane, Sloyan, Salem, Saleem, Salim, Schwalm, Slama, Salama, Salaam.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.