Slaughter

Slaughter is the 1,318th most common surname in the United States, shared by 26,158 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 11,400.

By the numbers

People: 26,158
Rank: 1,318th
How common: 1 in 11,400
Per 100,000: 8.8

Where the name comes from

Originally named for someone who slaughtered animals for food.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Slaughter described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 55.1%
Black, not Hispanic 36.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Slaughter

Sgt. Slaughter (born 1948)American professional wrestler
Karin Slaughter (born 1971)American crime writer
Louise Slaughter (1929–2018)American politician
Frank G. Slaughter (1908–2001)US physician and writer
Mark Slaughter (born 1964)American singer
Marcus Slaughter (born 1985)American basketball player
Rosalie Slaughter Morton (1876–1968)American physician
Gabriel Slaughter (1767–1830)American politician

People named Slaughter with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Slaughter

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.