How common is the surname Salo?

2,931 people in the United States had the surname Salo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,338 Americans. It ranked 10,871st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Salo?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Salo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Salo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,789 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,931 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Salo

A surname, carried by 2,931 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). Salo is more common than 93.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,931 people named Salo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,338 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,789.

#10,871

rank among US surnames

2,931

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,553)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,866	Owsley	2,932	105,302
#10,871	Helmuth	2,931	105,338
#10,880	Midgett	2,930	105,374

Who is named Salo

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

89% of people named Salo identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Salo

Salo 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 Salo?: 2,931 people in the United States had the surname Salo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,338 Americans. It ranked 10,871st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Salo?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Salo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Salo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,789 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,931 in 2010, up 5.1%.