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    The surname Saulsbury

    A surname, carried by 1,387 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S421

    Saulsbury: #19,480 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Saulsbury #19,480, 1,387 people Saulsbury: #19,480 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Saulsbury #19,480, 1,387 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saulsbury is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,387 people named Saulsbury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,600 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,225.

    #19,480
    rank among US surnames
    1,387
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.2%
    change since 2000 (was #20,219)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,480Vanvoorhis1,387222,600
    #19,489Pulsifer1,386222,760

    Who is named Saulsbury

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

    73% of people named Saulsbury identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Saulsburys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Willard Saulsbury Jr.
      American politician (1861–1927)
    • Eli Saulsbury
      American politician (1817-1893)
    • Willard Saulsbury Sr.
      American politician (1820–1892)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Saulsbury

    Saulsbury has the Soundex code S421, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S421.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Saulsbury?
    1,387 people in the United States had the surname Saulsbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,600 Americans. It ranked 19,480th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Saulsbury?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Saulsbury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Saulsbury?
    Willard Saulsbury Jr., American politician (1861–1927), followed by Eli Saulsbury.
    Where is the surname Saulsbury most common?
    Wikidata records people named Saulsbury in the United States.
    Is the surname Saulsbury getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,387 in 2010, up 13%.