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    The surname Salas

    A Spanish surname, carried by 65,468 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). Salas is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Salas, from salas.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 65,468 people named Salas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,716 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 48,282.

    #513
    rank among US surnames
    65,468
    people in 2010
    22
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.6%
    change since 2000 (was #643)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #504Casey66,5564,639
    #505Floyd66,4544,646
    #506Patton66,2934,657
    #507Ibarra66,0634,674
    #508Ball66,0594,674
    #509Tyler66,0564,674
    #510Suarez66,0134,677

    Who is named Salas

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

    90% of people named Salas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Salass

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joseph Salas
      American boxer, 1903–1987
    • Maximiliano Salas
      Argentine association football player, born 1997
    • Ailín Salas
      Argentine actress, born 1993
    • Damian Salas
      Argentinian poker player, born 1975

    Notable Salass come mostly from Argentina (3) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Salas

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Salas come from?
    From Spanish Salas, from salas.
    How common is the surname Salas?
    65,468 people in the United States had the surname Salas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,716 Americans. It ranked 513th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Salas?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Salas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Salas?
    Joseph Salas, American boxer, followed by Maximiliano Salas.
    Where is the surname Salas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Salas in Argentina and the United States.
    Is the surname Salas getting more or less common?
    More common. 48,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 65,468 in 2010, up 36%.