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    The surname Salyers

    A surname, carried by 6,152 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S462

    Salyers: #5,645 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Salyers #5,645, 6,152 people Salyers: #5,645 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Salyers #5,645, 6,152 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salyers is more common than 96.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,152 people named Salyers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,186 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,782.

    #5,645
    rank among US surnames
    6,152
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,526)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,636Diep6,16850,056
    #5,637Chalmers6,16650,072
    #5,638Weiland6,16350,097
    #5,639Trask6,16250,105
    #5,640Cooks6,15750,145
    #5,641Lui6,15650,154
    #5,642Latta6,15550,162

    Who is named Salyers

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

    95% of people named Salyers identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Salyerss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Salyers
      American actor, born 1964
    • Marc Salyers
      American basketball player (born 1979)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Salyers

    Salyers has the Soundex code S462, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S462.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Salyers?
    6,152 people in the United States had the surname Salyers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,186 Americans. It ranked 5,645th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Salyers?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Salyers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Salyers?
    William Salyers, American actor, followed by Marc Salyers.
    Where is the surname Salyers most common?
    Wikidata records people named Salyers in the United States.
    Is the surname Salyers getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,782 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,152 in 2010, up 6.4%.