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    The surname Salais

    A surname, carried by 1,356 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S420

    Salais: #19,823 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Salais #19,823, 1,356 people Salais: #19,823 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Salais #19,823, 1,356 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salais is more common than 87.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,356 people named Salais in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,688 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,064.

    #19,823
    rank among US surnames
    1,356
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,555)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,814Eckler1,357227,521
    #19,823Zaki1,356227,688

    Who is named Salais

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Salais identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Salais

    Salais has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Salais?
    1,356 people in the United States had the surname Salais in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,688 Americans. It ranked 19,823rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Salais?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Salais identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Salais getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,064 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,356 in 2010, up 27%.