How common is the surname Sloat?

2,358 people in the United States had the surname Sloat in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,935 Americans. It ranked 13,023rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sloat?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sloat identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Sloat most common?

Wikidata records people named Sloat in the United States.

Is the surname Sloat getting more or less common?

More common. 2,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,358 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Sloat

A surname, carried by 2,358 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sloat is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,358 people named Sloat in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,935 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,192.

#13,023

rank among US surnames

2,358

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,868)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,023	Knutsen	2,358	130,935
#13,029	Arvin	2,357	130,991

Who is named Sloat

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

92% of people named Sloat identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sloats

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Micah Sloat
American actor, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sloat

Sloat has the Soundex code S430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S430.

Questions

How common is the surname Sloat?: 2,358 people in the United States had the surname Sloat in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,935 Americans. It ranked 13,023rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sloat?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sloat identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sloat?: Micah Sloat, American actor.
Where is the surname Sloat most common?: Wikidata records people named Sloat in the United States.
Is the surname Sloat getting more or less common?: More common. 2,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,358 in 2010, up 7.6%.