# Salzmann (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/salzmann/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 681 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,499 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 453,371 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.0% (695 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɑːltsmən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

German and Jewish surname, from Salz (“salt”) + Mann (“man”). Compare Salzman, Salsman, Saltman, Saltsman, Saltzman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Salzmann in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Salzmann in Switzerland.

## People named Salzmann

- Urs Salzmann, bobsledder

## Similar surnames

Salzman, Salsman, Slocum, Schlesinger, Slawson, Seligman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.