# Salmon (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,511 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,486 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,277 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.9% (13,328 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Salmen |

## Etymology

* (Idaho, river): named after the fish, salmon

## Who carries it

Share of people named Salmon 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Salmon in the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa.

## People named Salmon

- Colin Salmon, British actor (b. 1962)
- Daniel Elmer Salmon, American veterinarian (1850-1914)
- Riley Salmon, American volleyball player
- Thomas P. Salmon, American politician (1932–2025)
- Matt Salmon, Arizona politician (born 1958)
- Glen Salmon, Association footballer
- Wesley C. Salmon, American philosopher
- Tim Salmon, American baseball player (born 1968)

## Similar surnames

Salomon, Salamone, Salman, Salamon, Sloman, Salamanca, Salmons, Solomon, Schulman, Shulman, Selman, Soliman.

## 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.