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    The surname Salak

    A Czech surname, carried by 496 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S420

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salak is more common than 73.2% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    Borrowed from Polish Salak, Czech and Hungarian Salák and Slovak Šalák, all from a pet form of the name Salamon. Compare Solomon, Salomon.

    One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 496 people named Salak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 622,471 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 517.

    #43,511
    rank among US surnames
    496
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #39,946)

    Who is named Salak

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

    92% of people named Salak identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Salak

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

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Salak come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Salak, Czech and Hungarian Salák and Slovak Šalák, all from a pet form of the name Salamon. Compare Solomon, Salomon.
    How common is the surname Salak?
    496 people in the United States had the surname Salak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 622,471 Americans. It ranked 43,511th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Salak?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Salak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Salak getting more or less common?
    Less common. 517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 496 in 2010, down 4.1%.