Sloman

English

Etymology

Various possible origins:

  • From slow + man, a nickname for a sluggish person.
  • From slough + man, a topographic surname for someone who lived in or by a marshy area.
  • From sloe + man, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a blackthorn.

Proper noun

Sloman (plural Slomans)

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Sloman is the 40610th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 538 individuals. Sloman is most common among White (91.82%) individuals.

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