How common is the surname Salt?

1,102 people in the United States had the surname Salt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,168 Americans. It ranked 23,153rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Salt?

In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Salt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Salt?

Jennifer Salt, American actress, writer and producer, followed by Waldo Salt.

Where is the surname Salt most common?

Wikidata records people named Salt in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Salt getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,102 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Salt

An English surname, carried by 1,102 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salt is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Selte. Compare Salter. The Staffordshire village was recorded as Selte in 1086 (DB), for a salt pit or saltworks.

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 1,102 people named Salt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,168 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,107.

#23,153

rank among US surnames

1,102

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,880)

Who is named Salt

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

58% of people named Salt identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 6.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 58%
American Indian and Alaska Native 31%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Salts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jennifer Salt
American actress, writer and producer, born 1944
Waldo Salt
American screenwriter (1914-1987)
Charlotte Salt
British actress, born 1985

Notable Salts come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Salt

Salt has the Soundex code S430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S430.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Salt come from?: From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Selte. Compare Salter. The Staffordshire village was recorded as Selte in 1086 (DB), for a salt pit or saltworks.
How common is the surname Salt?: 1,102 people in the United States had the surname Salt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,168 Americans. It ranked 23,153rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Salt?: In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Salt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Salt?: Jennifer Salt, American actress, writer and producer, followed by Waldo Salt.
Where is the surname Salt most common?: Wikidata records people named Salt in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Salt getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,102 in 2010, down 0.5%.