How common is the surname Salazar?

152,703 people in the United States had the surname Salazar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,022 Americans. It ranked 179th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Salazar?

Rosa Salazar, American actress (born 1985), followed by María Elvira Salazar.

Where is the surname Salazar most common?

Wikidata records people named Salazar in the United States, Cuba and Argentina and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Salazar?

Salazar is /ˈsæləzɑɹ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Salazar getting more or less common?

More common. 113,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 152,703 in 2010, up 35%.

The surname Salazar

A Spanish place surname, carried by 152,703 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsæləzɑɹ/ 3 syllables Soundex S426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salazar is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Salazar, from archaic Basque Sarasaitzu (modern Zaraitzu).

Salazar is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 152,703 people named Salazar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,022 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 113,468.

#179

rank among US surnames

152,703

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+34.6%

change since 2000 (was #240)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#170	Hicks	158,320	1,950
#171	Holmes	156,780	1,969
#172	Palmer	156,601	1,972
#173	Wagner	155,795	1,982
#174	Black	154,738	1,995
#175	Robertson	153,666	2,009
#176	Boyd	153,469	2,012

Who is named Salazar

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

92% of people named Salazar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
White (not Hispanic) 5.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Two or more races 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Salazars

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rosa Salazar
American actress (born 1985)
María Elvira Salazar
American journalist and politician (born 1961)
Alberto Salazar
American long-distance running coach, long-distance runner born in Cuba, born 1958
John Salazar
American politician, born 1953
Luciana Salazar
Argentine singer, model and actress (born 1980)
Vicente Lucio Salazar
Acting President of Ecuador (1895)
Michael Salazar
Belizean footballer, born 1992
Rubén Salazar
American journalist (1928–1970)
Julia Salazar
American politician, born 1990
George Salazar
American actor, born 1986

Notable Salazars come mostly from the United States (7), Cuba (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Salazar

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Salazar come from?: From Spanish Salazar, from archaic Basque Sarasaitzu (modern Zaraitzu).
How common is the surname Salazar?: 152,703 people in the United States had the surname Salazar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,022 Americans. It ranked 179th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Salazar?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Salazar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Salazar?: Rosa Salazar, American actress (born 1985), followed by María Elvira Salazar.
Where is the surname Salazar most common?: Wikidata records people named Salazar in the United States, Cuba and Argentina and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Salazar?: Salazar is /ˈsæləzɑɹ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Salazar?: Salazar is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Salazar getting more or less common?: More common. 113,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 152,703 in 2010, up 35%.