How common is the surname Sallee?

6,929 people in the United States had the surname Sallee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,558 Americans. It ranked 5,062nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sallee?

In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Sallee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Sallee getting more or less common?

More common. 6,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,929 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Sallee

A surname, carried by 6,929 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sallee is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,929 people named Sallee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,558 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,299.

#5,062

rank among US surnames

6,929

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+10%

change since 2000 (was #5,111)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,058	Lock	6,936	44,513
#5,059	Siebert	6,932	44,539
#5,060	Buenrostro	6,931	44,546
#5,062	Haight	6,929	44,558
#5,064	Salyer	6,926	44,578

Who is named Sallee

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

80% of people named Sallee identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sallee

Sallee has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Questions

How common is the surname Sallee?: 6,929 people in the United States had the surname Sallee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,558 Americans. It ranked 5,062nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sallee?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Sallee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Sallee getting more or less common?: More common. 6,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,929 in 2010, up 10%.