Last Name SALMAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Solomon, popularly Salamon, and with excrescent 'd' Salamond. This form represents families of English descent, Solomon representing later Jewish immigrations. Of course the London Directory has several Salamons, undoubtedly Jewish, but, speaking generally, English Salomans, Salamans, Salemans, Salmons, Salmans, Salmonds, Sammons, and Sammonds, are of English extraction, just as much as English Davies and Davidsons are (excepting when thse are Welsh or Scottish).
Origin English, Jewish, Arabic, Dutch, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian, Sudanese

Rank 15,710 (2000 US census) 28,389 (1990 US census)
Count 1,707 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 65.85%, or 1124 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 10.9%, or 186 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 14.7%, or 251 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 5.8%, or 99 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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