# Sloman (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 538 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,610 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 573,876 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.9% (578 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various possible origins: * From slow + man, a nickname for a sluggish person. * From slough + man, a topographic surname for someone who lived in or by a marshy area. * From sloe + man, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a blackthorn.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sloman 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sloman in the United Kingdom.

## People named Sloman

- Edward Sloman, British actor and film director (1886-1972)

## Similar surnames

Salmon, Salomon, Selman, Salamone, Soliman, Salman, Sellman, Suleiman, Soloman, Silliman, Schulman, Shulman.

## 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.