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    The surname Saulter

    A surname, carried by 1,003 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S436

    Saulter: #24,822 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Saulter #24,822, 1,003 people Saulter: #24,822 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Saulter #24,822, 1,003 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saulter is more common than 84.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,003 people named Saulter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,822 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,019.

    #24,822
    rank among US surnames
    1,003
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,315)

    Who is named Saulter

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

    55% of people named Saulter identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Saulter

    Saulter has the Soundex code S436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S436.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Saulter?
    1,003 people in the United States had the surname Saulter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,822 Americans. It ranked 24,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Saulter?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Saulter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Saulter getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,003 in 2010, down 1.6%.