How common is the surname Sloan?

43,261 people in the United States had the surname Sloan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,137 Americans. It ranked 800th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sloan?

Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman (1875–1966), followed by Jerry Sloan.

Where is the surname Sloan most common?

Wikidata records people named Sloan in the United States.

How do you pronounce Sloan?

Sloan is /sloʊn/, one syllable.

Is the surname Sloan getting more or less common?

More common. 42,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,261 in 2010, up 2.3%.

Is Sloan also a first name?

Yes. Sloan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Sloan

A surname, carried by 43,261 people in the United States.

Pronounced /sloʊn/ 1 syllable Soundex S450 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sloan is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 43,261 people named Sloan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,137 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 42,281.

#800

rank among US surnames

43,261

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #743)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#791	Bartlett	43,648	7,074
#792	Durham	43,635	7,076
#793	Dorsey	43,631	7,076
#794	McCall	43,483	7,100
#795	O'Donnell	43,460	7,104
#796	Stein	43,389	7,116
#797	Browning	43,329	7,126

Who is named Sloan

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

79% of people named Sloan identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sloans

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1992
Donald Sloan
American basketball player (born 1988)
P. F. Sloan
American singer and songwriter (1945–2015)
Tina Sloan
American actress, born 1943
Sam Sloan
American chess player, born 1944
Dulcé Sloan
American comedian and actress, born 1983
Henry Sloan
American Delta blues musician, 1870–1948
Robin Sloan
American writer (born 1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Sloane

Surnames that sound like Sloan

Sloan has the Soundex code S450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S450.

Questions

How common is the surname Sloan?: 43,261 people in the United States had the surname Sloan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,137 Americans. It ranked 800th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sloan?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Sloan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sloan?: Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman (1875–1966), followed by Jerry Sloan.
Where is the surname Sloan most common?: Wikidata records people named Sloan in the United States.
How do you pronounce Sloan?: Sloan is /sloʊn/, one syllable.
Is the surname Sloan getting more or less common?: More common. 42,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,261 in 2010, up 2.3%.
What are other spellings of Sloan?: Sloane.
Is Sloan also a first name?: Yes. Sloan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.