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    The surname Sloman

    A place surname, carried by 538 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S455

    Sloman: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sloman #40,610, 538 people Sloman: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Sloman #40,610, 538 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sloman is more common than 75% of them.

    Origin

    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.

    Sloman is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 538 people named Sloman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. That is down 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 578.

    #40,610
    rank among US surnames
    538
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #36,531)

    Who is named Sloman

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

    92% of people named Sloman identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Slomans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sloman

    Sloman has the Soundex code S455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S455.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sloman come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Sloman?
    538 people in the United States had the surname Sloman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. It ranked 40,610th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sloman?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sloman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sloman?
    Edward Sloman, British actor and film director (1886-1972).
    Where is the surname Sloman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sloman in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Sloman?
    Sloman is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Sloman getting more or less common?
    Less common. 578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 538 in 2010, down 6.9%.