How common is the surname Salamanca?

3,947 people in the United States had the surname Salamanca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,223 Americans. It ranked 8,386th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Salamanca getting more or less common?

More common. 2,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,947 in 2010, up 46%.

The surname Salamanca

A surname, carried by 3,947 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex S455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salamanca is more common than 94.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,947 people named Salamanca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,223 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,704.

#8,386

rank among US surnames

3,947

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+46%

change since 2000 (was #10,821)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,380	Zuber	3,950	78,163
#8,383	Vierra	3,949	78,183
#8,385	Trost	3,948	78,203
#8,386	Salamanca	3,947	78,223
#8,388	Board	3,946	78,243
#8,389	Pohlman	3,945	78,262

Who is named Salamanca

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

87% of people named Salamanca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
Asian and Pacific Islander 7.1%
White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Two or more races 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Salamanca

Salamanca has the Soundex code S455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S455.

Questions

How common is the surname Salamanca?: 3,947 people in the United States had the surname Salamanca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,223 Americans. It ranked 8,386th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Salamanca?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Salamanca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Salamanca getting more or less common?: More common. 2,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,947 in 2010, up 46%.