The Sloma surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 512 people carried this name — #42,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 498 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sloma surname
From słoma (“straw”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Słoma» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
2,353 people named Sloma have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,587 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Sloma.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Sloma in American newspapers,
1890–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,358 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sloma,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leo Sloma 1890–1956 · film actor
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Milo Sloma 1922–1943 · schoolchild
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Ulrich Sloma 1942– · field hockey player
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Sam Sloma 1982– · association football player
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Telma Sloma 2001– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sloma.
- Skrzypek 520 · U.S. census
- Slama 1,632 · U.S. census
- Slezak 2,069 · U.S. census
- Slim 862 · U.S. census
- Sliwa 1,068 · U.S. census
- Sliwinski 1,223 · U.S. census
- Slowik 1,477 · U.S. census
- Slowinski 913 · U.S. census
- Smail 9,097 · U.S. census
- Smaniotto 129 · U.S. census
- Smeets 151 · U.S. census
- Smet 680 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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