How common is the surname Saltz?

1,604 people in the United States had the surname Saltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,485 Americans. It ranked 17,541st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Saltz?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Saltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Saltz?

Jerry Saltz, American art historian (born 1951).

Where is the surname Saltz most common?

Wikidata records people named Saltz in the United States.

Is the surname Saltz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,604 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Saltz

A surname, carried by 1,604 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saltz is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,604 people named Saltz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,485 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,355.

#17,541

rank among US surnames

1,604

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+18.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,724)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,537	Lipsky	1,605	192,365
#17,541	Rommel	1,604	192,485

Who is named Saltz

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

90% of people named Saltz identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Saltzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jerry Saltz
American art historian (born 1951)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saltz

Saltz has the Soundex code S432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S432.

Questions

How common is the surname Saltz?: 1,604 people in the United States had the surname Saltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,485 Americans. It ranked 17,541st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saltz?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Saltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Saltz?: Jerry Saltz, American art historian (born 1951).
Where is the surname Saltz most common?: Wikidata records people named Saltz in the United States.
Is the surname Saltz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,604 in 2010, up 18%.