Sloman
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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)
- 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.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sloman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.