Slatter
surname · Latin script
Meaning: To be awkward, careless, or negligent, especially with regard to dress and neatness
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈsɫætɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Slatter is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 47K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 77K
- USUnited States1 in 586K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 178 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 47K (inferred from the name graph)
≈860 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
To be awkward, careless, or negligent, especially with regard to dress and neatness.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Slatter counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | ≈860 est. | ≈1 in 77K | 1.7K | Slatter | 128 |
| US United States | 568 | 1 in 586K | 582 | Slatter | 178 |
| AU Australia | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Slatter | 105 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 175K | — | Slatter | 20 |
| HU Hungary | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 61K | — | Slatter | 2 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 124K | — | Slatter | 25 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John Whewell Slatterb. 1829AUBritish teacher and botanical collector (1829 - 1896)
- John Slatterb. 1864GBBritish-born Canadian composer, conductor and musicologist (1864-1954)
- Leonard Slatterb. 1894ZAnaval aviator during the First World War and a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War (1894-1961)
- Les Slatterb. 1931GBEnglish association football player (born 1931)
- Neil Slatterb. 1964GBWelsh footballer (born 1964)
- Angela Slatterb. 1967AUAustralian writer
- Helen Slatterb. 1970GBBritish swimmer
- Kate Slatterb. 1971AUAustralian rower
- Vandana SlatterUSAmerican politician
- Tania SlatterNZNew Zealand pathologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 1.7K | #4,178 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 582 | #36,328 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 568 | #38,850 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 561 | #41,765 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Slatter mean, and where does it come from?
- To be awkward, careless, or negligent, especially with regard to dress and neatness. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Slatter?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈsɫætɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Slatter have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 859 people named Slatter in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled slatter.
- How common is the name Slatter?
- In the United States, the national register counted 568 people named Slatter in 2010, about 1 in 586 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/slatterThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Slatter”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.