Slone Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

It is easy to miss Slone in an index if you only search for Sloan. The family name meaning is “Descendant of Sluaghán (army)”, the same as for Sloan. Slone is listed among the recognised spellings of Sloan. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Sloyne, Sloane and Slown.

The 2010 US Census counted 12,142 people named Slone, ranking it number 2,956 among American surnames. It sits within the 5,000 most common last names in the country.

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