Explore the Family Name Salton

The meaning of Salton

1. English and Scottish: habitational name from Salton (North Yorkshire) or Saltoun (East Lothian). The North Yorkshire placename derives from Old English salh ‘willow, sallow’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, and the East Lothian name from Older Scots salt ‘salt’ + toun ‘farm, settlement’. 2. Italian: from an augmentative of Salto 3.

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How common is the last name Salton in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Salton has shown a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the name ranked 46,331 in popularity, with 433 individuals carrying this surname. By 2010, the rank had increased to 46,314, with a total count of 460 individuals bearing the name Salton, marking a 6.24% increase. The proportion of the population with this surname remained steady at 0.16 per 100k people.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#46,331	#46,314	0.04%
Count	433	460	6.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.16	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Salton

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census reports some shifts between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of those identified as White decreased from 75.06% to 67.83%. On the other hand, those identifying as Black saw an increase, going from 22.17% to 26.96%. While there were no individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander descent with this surname in either year, there was a slight emergence of Hispanic (3.04%) and American Indian and Alaskan Native (1.52%) identities within the Salton surname holders in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identified as two or more races dropped to zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	75.06%	67.83%	-9.63%
Black	22.17%	26.96%	21.61%
Hispanic	0%	3.04%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.52%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.62%	0%	0%