Slocum Surname
Approximately 12,816 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameSlocum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,057 | 1:30,062 | 3,736 |
| Liberia | 317 | 1:13,907 | 1,464 |
| Australia | 158 | 1:170,859 | 17,509 |
| Canada | 153 | 1:240,821 | 22,946 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Panama | 11 | 1:355,660 | 7,645 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 1:151,553 | 8,353 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Grenada | 5 | 1:21,707 | 1,054 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,816 | 1:13,160 | 1,690 |
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.
(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]
(English) Dweller in a valley where blackthorn or sloe trees flourished.
Slocum Demographics
Slocum Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Slocum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Slocum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Slocum is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Slocum? popularity and diffusion
Slocum is the 40,838th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 568,629 people. The last name Slocum is predominantly found 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 frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 34 people.
The last name Slocum is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 12,057 people, or 1 in 30,062. In The United States Slocum is most prevalent in: New York, where 10 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Michigan, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States Slocum is found in 43 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Slocum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Slocum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Slocum last name 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 surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Slocum last name are 15.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.02% being registered to vote for the political 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slocume | 92 | 14 | / |
| Slochum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Slocium | 92 | 1 | / |
| Slocoum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sloucum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Slockum | 92 | 0 | / |
| Sclocum | 92 | 0 | / |
| Slocumt | 92 | 0 | / |
| Sloceum | 92 | 0 | / |
| Slocuym | 92 | 0 | / |
| Slacum | 83 | 513 | / |
| Slocom | 83 | 55 | / |
| Slocun | 83 | 50 | / |
| Slokum | 83 | 7 | / |
| Slucum | 83 | 5 | / |
| Slocoun | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sloykum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Slocunn | 77 | 0 | / |
| Slocuin | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sloccom | 77 | 0 | / |
| Slocomm | 77 | 0 | / |
| Slokom | 67 | 25 | / |
| Slocon | 67 | 16 | / |
| Slucom | 67 | 3 | / |
| Clacum | 67 | 0 | / |
| Slacun | 67 | 0 | / |
| Clackum | 62 | 423 | / |
| Shlukum | 62 | 16 | / |
| Slakcom | 62 | 2 | / |
| Slokon | 50 | 13 | / |
| Slacon | 50 | 2 | / |
| Clakum | 50 | 1 | / |
| Slakun | 50 | 1 | / |
| Šlukum | 50 | 1 | / |
| Slakon | 50 | 1 | / |
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Slocum Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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