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    The surname Slowey

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 601 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Slowey is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sluaghadhaigh (“descendant of Sluaghadach”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of sluaghadh (“hosting, fit for hosting”), from slua (“host”).

    Slowey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 601 people named Slowey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 513,720 Americans. That is down 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 647.

    #37,125
    rank among US surnames
    601
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #33,292)

    Who is named Slowey

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

    94% of people named Slowey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Sloey
    • Sloy

    Surnames that sound like Slowey

    Slowey has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Slowey come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sluaghadhaigh (“descendant of Sluaghadach”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of sluaghadh (“hosting, fit for hosting”), from slua (“host”).
    How common is the surname Slowey?
    601 people in the United States had the surname Slowey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 513,720 Americans. It ranked 37,125th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Slowey?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Slowey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Slowey?
    Slowey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Slowey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 647 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 601 in 2010, down 7.1%.
    What are other spellings of Slowey?
    Sloey and Sloy.