Slone
A surname usually treated as a variant spelling of Sloan/Sloane, likely from an Irish Gaelic personal name.
The #2,956 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 25,428 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Slone is generally explained as a spelling variant of Sloan or Sloane rather than a separate root. In Irish usage, the name is usually linked to Gaelic O Sluaghadháin or a related form, with the sense of a personal or clan name rather than a descriptive word. Older English and Irish records show several spellings side by side, which is why Slone appears alongside Sloan, Sloane, Slown, and similar forms.
History
The surname is found in the British Isles and later in North America, where spelling variation became fixed in different branches of the same family name. The historical excerpts group Slone with Sloan/Sloane and related Irish forms, suggesting it was treated as part of that wider name family. In the United States, Slone is a relatively uncommon but established surname.
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Fun fact
19th- and early-20th-century surname dictionaries often listed Slone as one of several interchangeable spellings rather than as a distinct name.
From the historical record
“is also while clay, and red for to make of crokkes, and aleenc! (slone-jiis). and other vessels' (John de Trevisa, 1387). A well- known Devonshire surname. Adata l« Crurhar, C R^”
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with special American instances