# Salgado (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/salgado/  
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 [in turn from Galician].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 45,469 |
| US rank (2010) | 759 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,790 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (31,627 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Salgado, from Galician Salgado.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Salgado 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) | 4.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Salgado in Brazil and France.

## People named Salgado

- Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer (1944–2025)
- Plínio Salgado, Brazilian politician (1895-1975)
- Isabel Salgado, Brazilian volleyball player (1960–2022)
- Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Brazilian cinematographer and screenwriter (born 1974)
- Carla Zambelli, Brazilian politician

## Similar surnames

Salcedo, Salcido, Slaughter, Schlecht, Schlichting, Schlachter, Sleight, Silkwood, Slight.

## 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.