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    The surname Salgado

    A Spanish surname, carried by 45,469 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S423

    Salgado: #759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Salgado #759, 45,469 people Salgado: #759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Salgado #759, 45,469 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salgado is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Salgado, from Galician Salgado.

    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 45,469 people named Salgado in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,790 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,627.

    #759
    rank among US surnames
    45,469
    people in 2010
    15
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43.8%
    change since 2000 (was #1,012)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #750Woodard46,2406,677
    #751Cortes46,2296,679
    #752Shannon46,1476,690
    #753Kemp46,1466,691
    #754Nolan46,0546,704
    #755McCullough45,8526,734
    #756Merritt45,5946,772

    Who is named Salgado

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

    94% of people named Salgado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Salgados

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1980

    Notable Salgados come mostly from Brazil (4) and France (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Salgado

    Salgado has the Soundex code S423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S423.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Salgado come from?
    From Spanish Salgado, from Galician Salgado.
    How common is the surname Salgado?
    45,469 people in the United States had the surname Salgado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,790 Americans. It ranked 759th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Salgado?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Salgado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Salgado?
    Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer (1944–2025), followed by Plínio Salgado.
    Where is the surname Salgado most common?
    Wikidata records people named Salgado in Brazil and France.
    Is the surname Salgado getting more or less common?
    More common. 31,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 45,469 in 2010, up 44%.