The Salazar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 152,703 people carried this name — #179 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,930 people counted. That is up 35% from 113,468 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Salazar surname
A toponymic surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
From Spanish Salazar, from archaic Basque Sarasaitzu (modern Zaraitzu).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Salazar» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 37,969 people named Salazar live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
402 people named Salazar live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 204 people named Salazar.
100 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
168 people named Salazar are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Salazar in American newspapers,
1859–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 44,364 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Salazar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domingo de Salazar 1512–1594 · Latin Catholic priest -
Francisco Cervantes de Salazar 1513–1575 · historian -
José Gregorio Salazar 1773–1838 · politician -
Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano 1777–1850 · politician -
Carlos Salazar Castro 1800–1867 · statesperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 171 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salazar.
- Salamone 3,845 · U.S. census
- Salard 135 · U.S. census
- Salas 65,468 · U.S. census
- Salat 412 · U.S. census
- Salata 994 · U.S. census
- Salaun 158 · U.S. census
- Salber 245 · U.S. census
- Salce 902 · U.S. census
- Salcedo 18,387 · U.S. census
- Saldana 34,434 · U.S. census
- Saldo 163 · U.S. census
- Sale 3,591 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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