Find out how popular the last name Slanina is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Slanina.

Slanina, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Slanina surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Slanina in America

Slanina is the 58042nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Slanina surname appeared 350 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Slanina.

We can also compare 2010 data for Slanina to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Slanina

The surname Slanina has its origins in the Czech Republic, where it first appeared in the 13th century. It is derived from the Czech word "slanina," which means bacon or pork fat. This suggests that the name may have originated as a descriptive nickname for someone who worked with pork products or was particularly fond of eating bacon.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Slanina can be found in a 1379 document from the town of Litoměřice in northern Bohemia. Here, a man named Petr Slanina is mentioned as a witness to a land transaction. This indicates that the name was already well-established in the region by the late 14th century.

In the 15th century, the name appears in various records from the city of Prague. A notable example is Jan Slanina, a merchant and member of the city council, who lived from around 1420 to 1485. His name is recorded in the city's administrative documents from that period.

The name Slanina also appears in the Berne Book of Heraldry, a famous 15th-century manuscript containing descriptions and illustrations of coats of arms from across Europe. Here, the Slanina family coat of arms is described as depicting a boar's head on a red field, further reinforcing the connection between the name and its pork-related origins.

In the 16th century, a prominent figure with the surname Slanina was Matěj Slanina, a Protestant pastor and writer who lived from around 1530 to 1597. He was a vocal critic of the Catholic Church and played a role in the Czech Reformation movement.

Another notable individual with this surname was Jan Evangelista Slanina, a Czech architect and builder who lived from 1674 to 1742. He was responsible for designing and constructing several important buildings in Prague, including the Church of St. Nicholas in the city's Old Town.

While the Slanina surname is most common in the Czech Republic, it has also spread to other parts of Central and Eastern Europe, such as Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine, likely due to migration and intermarriage between these regions over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Slanina

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Slanina.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Slanina was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Slanina has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Slanina was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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