Slocum Surname

40,838th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,816 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Slocum Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Slocombe,' some place in the south-west of England that I have not discovered. The suffix -comb is very common in Devonshire place names; v. Combe.

1564. Henry Slocum, or Sloocume: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Slocum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,0571:30,0623,736
Liberia3171:13,9071,464
Australia1581:170,85917,509
Canada1531:240,82122,946
Ireland211:224,2358,707
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Panama111:355,6607,645
England111:5,065,278148,650
Trinidad and Tobago91:151,5538,353
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Grenada51:21,7071,054
China31:455,773,85521,925
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
France31:22,140,907385,998
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guam11:160,1214,893
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales111:142,5835,610
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,8161:13,1601,690

Slocum (34) may also be a first name.

Slocum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Slocombe,' some place in the south-west of England that I have not discovered. The suffix -comb is very common in Devonshire place names; v. Combe.

1564. Henry Slocum, or Sloocume: Register of the University of Oxford.

1596. Gilbert Slucumbe, Somerset: ibid.

A curious variant is found in the following entries:

1730. Married — Thomas Slokam and Isabella Brown: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1808. — Joseph Thompson and Ann Slockham: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 belonging to Slocombe; or Dweller at the SLOE(-tree)- Valley or Hollow [Old English slá + cumb (from the Celtic), valley, etc.] A Slacomb occurs in a Somerset charter A.D. 942: 'Cart. Sax.’ no. 776; and Slocombe is mentioned in a Devonshire ‘Inq. ad q. Damn.’ A.D. 1316-7.

2 for Slow-Come, a nickname for a Sluggard [Old English sláw, slow; cuman (pret. sing, cóm), to come]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in a valley where blackthorn or sloe trees flourished.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Slocum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Slocum Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Slocum is most common in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Slocum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 40,838th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 568,629 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Slocum are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 34 people.

The last name Slocum is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 12,057 people, or 1 in 30,062. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 10 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Michigan, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in 43 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Slocum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Slocum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Slocum surname rose 316 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 263 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it rose 220 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Slocum Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Slocum last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Slocum are 15.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.02% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Slocum earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.38% more than the national average, earning $45,041 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.59% less than the national average, earning $47,900 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Slocume9214/
Slochum921/
Slocium921/
Slocoum921/
Sloucum921/
Slockum920/
Sclocum920/
Slocumt920/
Sloceum920/
Slocuym920/
Slacum83513/
Slocom8355/
Slocun8350/
Slokum837/
Slucum835/
Slocoun772/
Sloykum771/
Slocunn770/
Slocuin770/
Sloccom770/
Slocomm770/
Slokom6725/
Slocon6716/
Slucom673/
Clacum670/
Slacun670/
Clackum62423/
Shlukum6216/
Slakcom622/
Slokon5013/
Slacon502/
Clakum501/
Slakun501/
Šlukum501/
Slakon501/

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