The Salat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 412 people carried this name — #50,659 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 77% from 233 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 493 people named Salat.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Cantal.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
65 people named Salat have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 76 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
42 people named Salat is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Salat,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jakob Salat 1766–1851 · university teacher -
Meshulam Salat 1850–1918 · printer -
Johannes Salat 1498–1552 · writer
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Josep Salat i Móra 1762–1832 · numismatist
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Uri Ze’ev Wolf Salat 1823–1899 · printer
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Uri Ze’ev Wolf Salat 1828–1899 · printer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salat.
- Salama 1,613 · U.S. census
- Salami 886 · U.S. census
- Salamon 1,933 · U.S. census
- Salamone 3,845 · U.S. census
- Salard 135 · U.S. census
- Salas 65,468 · U.S. census
- Salata 994 · U.S. census
- Salaun 158 · U.S. census
- Salazar 152,703 · U.S. census
- Salber 245 · U.S. census
- Salce 902 · U.S. census
- Salcedo 18,387 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Salat is.
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