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    The surname Salasar

    A surname, carried by 1,056 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S426

    Salasar: #23,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Salasar #23,899, 1,056 people Salasar: #23,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Salasar #23,899, 1,056 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salasar is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,056 people named Salasar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 885.

    #23,899
    rank among US surnames
    1,056
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.3%
    change since 2000 (was #26,035)

    Who is named Salasar

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

    97% of people named Salasar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Salasar

    Salasar has the Soundex code S426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S426.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Salasar?
    1,056 people in the United States had the surname Salasar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. It ranked 23,899th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Salasar?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Salasar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Salasar getting more or less common?
    More common. 885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,056 in 2010, up 19%.