Explore the Family Name Salts

The meaning of Salts

1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a salt producer or seller, from German Salz, Yiddish zalts ‘salt’. 2. English (Lancashire): variant of Salt, with excrescent -s.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname 'Salts' has seen a decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 32,900 in terms of commonality, but by 2010, it had dropped to a rank of 40,261, representing a decrease of 22.37%. Similarly, the count of individuals bearing this surname also fell from 657 to 544 during the same period, marking a 17.2% reduction. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 of the population declined by 25.0%, moving from 0.24 in 2000 to 0.18 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#32,900	#40,261	-22.37%
Count	657	544	-17.2%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.18	-25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Salts

As for the ethnic identity associated with the surname 'Salts', again referring to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there have been some notable shifts within a decade. In 2000, 97.11% of those with the surname identified as White, but this figure had fallen to 93.75% by 2010. On the other hand, those identifying as Hispanic increased from 1.37% to 2.39% over the same period. There was a significant increase in the percentage of people who identify as having two or more ethnicities, rising from 0.76% in 2000 to 2.39% in 2010, a change of 214.47%. There were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.11%	93.75%	-3.46%
Two or More Races	0.76%	2.39%	214.47%
Hispanic	1.37%	2.39%	74.45%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%