The surname Salcedo
A surname, carried by 18,387 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex S423
Origin
From Spanish Salcedo, from Old Spanish salce (“willow tree”), from Latin salix (“willow”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 18,387 people named Salcedo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,792 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,593.
Who is named Salcedo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Salcedo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 5.1%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
- Two or more races 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Salcedo has the Soundex code S423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S423.
Questions
- Where does the surname Salcedo come from?
- From Spanish Salcedo, from Old Spanish salce (“willow tree”), from Latin salix (“willow”).
- How common is the surname Salcedo?
- 18,387 people in the United States had the surname Salcedo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,792 Americans. It ranked 1,967th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Salcedo?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Salcedo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Salcedo getting more or less common?
- More common. 13,593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,387 in 2010, up 35%.