Explore the Family Name Sloat

The meaning of Sloat

Americanized form of Dutch Sloot, a topographic name from sloot ‘drainage ditch, channel’ (compare Vandersloot), or of Slott ‘lock’. History: Early Sloats in America were Dutch, emigrating from the Netherlands in the mid-17th century. A Jan Pieterson Sloat or Slott (c.1613–1703), is recorded as an immigrant in New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) in 1650.

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How common is the last name Sloat in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Sloat" has seen a slight decline in rank from 2000 to 2010, moving from 12,868th place to 13,023rd. Despite this drop in ranking, the count of individuals with this surname has risen by 7.57%, from 2,192 in 2000 to 2,358 in 2010. The proportion of the population carrying this surname per 100,000 people remained almost steady, decreasing slightly by 1.23%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#12,868	#13,023	-1.2%
Count	2,192	2,358	7.57%
Proportion per 100k	0.81	0.8	-1.23%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sloat

In terms of ethnicity, the census data reveals relatively minimal shifts within the Sloat surname bearers between 2000 and 2010. Within a decade, the percentage of those identifying as White decreased slightly from 94.80% to 92.03%. Ethnicity representation for Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic categories observed increases, with the former rising from 0% to 1.40%, and the latter from 1.92% to 3.10%. According to the 2010 data, there were no individuals self-identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native under the Sloat surname. The multi-racial category saw the most significant increase, from 1.28% to 2.29%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.8%	92.03%	-2.92%
Hispanic	1.92%	3.1%	61.46%
Two or More Races	1.28%	2.29%	78.91%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.4%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.51%	0%	0%