Salat surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

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.

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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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Cantal 160
Paris 64
Dordogne 61
Tarn-et-Garonne 50
Puy-de-Dôme 14
Gironde 14
Gers 13
Vaucluse 11

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

Pomeranian 30
Holy Cross 18
Silesian 10
Lesser Poland 4
Masovian 3

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

Sweden (2022) 42

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.

  • Jakob Salat
    Jakob Salat 1766–1851 · university teacher
  • Meshulam Salat
    Meshulam Salat 1850–1918 · printer
  • Johannes Salat 1498–1552 · writer
  • Josep Salat i Móra 1762–1832 · numismatist
  • Uri Ze’ev Wolf Salat 1823–1899 · printer
  • Uri Ze’ev Wolf Salat 1828–1899 · printer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Salat is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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