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    The surname Salkeld

    An English place surname, carried by 545 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S424

    Salkeld: #40,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Salkeld #40,204, 545 people Salkeld: #40,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Salkeld #40,204, 545 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salkeld is more common than 75.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from two places in Cumbria, from Old English sealh (“willow, sallow”) + hylte (“wood”).

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 545 people named Salkeld in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 566,506 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 488.

    #40,204
    rank among US surnames
    545
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.7%
    change since 2000 (was #41,924)

    Who is named Salkeld

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

    94% of people named Salkeld identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Salkeld come from?
    Habitational surname from two places in Cumbria, from Old English sealh (“willow, sallow”) + hylte (“wood”).
    How common is the surname Salkeld?
    545 people in the United States had the surname Salkeld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 566,506 Americans. It ranked 40,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Salkeld?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Salkeld identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Salkeld?
    Salkeld is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Salkeld getting more or less common?
    More common. 488 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 545 in 2010, up 12%.