How common is the surname Salzman?

3,513 people in the United States had the surname Salzman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,887 Americans. It ranked 9,267th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Salzman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Salzman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Salzman?

Linda Salzman Sagan, American artist and writer (1940–2023).

Where is the surname Salzman most common?

Wikidata records people named Salzman in the United States.

Is the surname Salzman getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,513 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Salzman

A surname, carried by 3,513 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salzman is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Salzmann.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,513 people named Salzman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,887 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,524.

#9,267

rank among US surnames

3,513

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,598)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,258	Krawczyk	3,516	87,812
#9,262	Gingrich	3,515	87,837
#9,265	Sickler	3,514	87,862
#9,267	Deleo	3,513	87,887
#9,271	Riker	3,512	87,912
#9,273	Woodside	3,511	87,937
#9,274	Cluff	3,510	87,962

Who is named Salzman

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

94% of people named Salzman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Salzmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Linda Salzman Sagan
American artist and writer (1940–2023)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Salzman

Salzman 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 Salzman come from?: German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Salzmann.
How common is the surname Salzman?: 3,513 people in the United States had the surname Salzman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,887 Americans. It ranked 9,267th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Salzman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Salzman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Salzman?: Linda Salzman Sagan, American artist and writer (1940–2023).
Where is the surname Salzman most common?: Wikidata records people named Salzman in the United States.
Is the surname Salzman getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,513 in 2010, down 0.3%.