# Saldana (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/saldana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 34,434 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,015 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,966 people |
| Change since 2000 | +36% (25,386 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Saldaña.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Saldana in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Saldana in the United States.

## People named Saldana

- Zoe Saldaña, American actress, dancer, and model (born 1978)
- Theresa Saldana, American actress (1954–2016)

## Similar surnames

Sultana, Saladino, Saladin, Salahuddin, Shelton, Sheldon, Skelton, Slayton, Slaton, Sultan, Scholten, Seldon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.