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The surname Salsman

A surname, carried by 1,439 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S425

Salsman: #18,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Salsman #18,961, 1,439 people Salsman: #18,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Salsman #18,961, 1,439 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salsman is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Salzmann, Saltsman.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,439 people named Salsman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,556 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,378.

#18,961
rank among US surnames
1,439
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+4.4%
change since 2000 (was #18,492)

Who is named Salsman

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

94% of people named Salsman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Two or more races 1.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Salsman

Salsman has the Soundex code S425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S425.

Questions

Where does the surname Salsman come from?
Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Salzmann, Saltsman.
How common is the surname Salsman?
1,439 people in the United States had the surname Salsman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,556 Americans. It ranked 18,961st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Salsman?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Salsman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Salsman getting more or less common?
More common. 1,378 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,439 in 2010, up 4.4%.