Slate is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Slate
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Slate

How popular is Slate?

Slate is common in United States.

Slate is ranked 61254 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Slate bearers increased by 4.958678 per cent in 2010 US census to 5969 since 2000, the surname slipped by 199 spots and ranked at 5796. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.87 88.83
Black 5.19 5.06
Hispanic or Latino 2.81 2.83
Others 2.35 1.83
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.16 0.86
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.58
Slate is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 7513 people have been found who wears Slate as their family name. Slate is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
746,494 India7
381,097 Ukraine4
11,480 Japan4
9,097 Wales3
90,215 Germany3
14,054 China3
119,730 Brazil3
219,873 France2
24,766 Scotland2
124,220 Italy2
54,135 Philippines2
1,834 Malta2
19,046 Ireland2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
1,879 Belize1
24,771 Colombia1
12,741 Ecuador1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
28,365 Kenya1
14,373 Jordan1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
24,176 Qatar1
56,169 Mexico1
971 Seychelles1
49,529 Israel1
11,923 Slovenia1
107,212 South Africa1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
52,530 Belgium22
15,050 Singapore18
377,825 Russia17
81,586 Spain17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,725 Nicaragua77
35,454 Australia61
Countries with hundreds of Slate:
17,833 England307
12,156 Romania167
32,272 Canada103
Countries with thousands of Slate:
5,864 United States6,671
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jane Slate was 22 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 16, 1851. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as immigrant and took David Cannon from Liverpool. Immigrant Ann Slate, 35 years old A. Slate, U Slate, James Slate, aged 4, James Slate (20) Workman, are other Slate that migrated to US.

Slate Namesakes

  • AC Slater, Musical Artist
  • Emma Slater, Professional dancer
  • Ann Pasternak Slater, Poet
  • Anny Slater, Film director
  • Ken Slater, Australian rules football player
  • Samuel Slater, Industrialist
  • Tevin Slater, Soccer player
  • Ashley Slater, Singer
  • Atalya Slater, Actress
  • Montagu Slater, Poet

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