The Saldana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 34,434 people carried this name — #1,015 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,570 people counted. That is up 36% from 25,386 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Saldana surname
From Spanish Saldaña.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Saldana» (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 5,988 people named Saldana 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 81 people named Saldana.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
63 people named Saldana live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Saldana in American newspapers,
1893–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,623 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Saldana,
with a public archive behind them.
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Theresa Saldana 1954–2016 · actor -
Adam Saldana 2002– · association football player -
Marlène Saldana 1978– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Saldana.
- 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
- Saldo 163 · U.S. census
- Sale 3,591 · U.S. census
- Saleh 9,656 · U.S. census
- Salem 8,404 · U.S. census
- Salemi 1,365 · U.S. census
- Salemme 465 · U.S. census
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