Slocumb Surname
Approximately 1,096 people bear this surname
Slocumb 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 SurnameSlocumb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,095 | 1:331,013 | 29,993 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 274 | 1:183,280 | 16,270 |
Slocumb 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.
Slocumb Demographics
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Slocumb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Slocumb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Slocumb is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Slocumb? popularity and diffusion
The surname Slocumb is the 336,335th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,649,221 people. Slocumb is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Slocumb are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,095 people, or 1 in 331,013. In The United States Slocumb is mostly found in: Georgia, where 32 percent are found, Florida, where 10 percent are found and Texas, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in one country. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 0 percent are found.
Slocumb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Slocumb has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Slocumb surname increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Slocumb Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Slocumb are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.
Slocumb earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.71% less than the national average, earning $39,824 USD per year.
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Slocumb Reference & Research
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