How common is the surname Sloane?

3,673 people in the United States had the surname Sloane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,058 Americans. It ranked 8,914th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sloane?

Lindsay Sloane, American actress, followed by Everett Sloane.

Where is the surname Sloane most common?

Wikidata records people named Sloane in the United States.

How do you pronounce Sloane?

Sloane is /sloʊn/, one syllable.

Is the surname Sloane getting more or less common?

More common. 3,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,673 in 2010, up 1.9%.

Is Sloane also a first name?

Yes. Sloane 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 Sloane

A surname, carried by 3,673 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). Sloane is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,673 people named Sloane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,058 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,604.

#8,914

rank among US surnames

3,673

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,422)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,907	Marine	3,676	83,990
#8,909	Stapp	3,675	84,012
#8,911	Claus	3,674	84,035
#8,914	Sloane	3,673	84,058
#8,916	Scheller	3,672	84,081
#8,917	Freer	3,671	84,104

Who is named Sloane

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

83% of people named Sloane identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sloanes

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lindsay Sloane
American actress, born 1977
Everett Sloane
American actor (1909–1965)
T. O'Conor Sloane
American editor (1851-1940)
Emily Thorn Vanderbilt
American socialite, 1852–1946

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Sloane

Sloane 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 Sloane?: 3,673 people in the United States had the surname Sloane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,058 Americans. It ranked 8,914th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sloane?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Sloane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sloane?: Lindsay Sloane, American actress, followed by Everett Sloane.
Where is the surname Sloane most common?: Wikidata records people named Sloane in the United States.
How do you pronounce Sloane?: Sloane is /sloʊn/, one syllable.
Is the surname Sloane getting more or less common?: More common. 3,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,673 in 2010, up 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Sloane?: Sloan and Slone.
Is Sloane also a first name?: Yes. Sloane 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.