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The Salmeron surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,191 people carried this name — #4,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,000 people counted. That is up 61% from 4,461 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 441 people named Salmeron 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 165
City of Buenos Aires 86
Córdoba 71
Santa Fe 54
Mendoza 40
Tucumán 25

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 285 people named Salmeron.

Most of them — 150 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 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

Born outside France 150
Hauts-de-Seine 46
Hérault 21
Bouches-du-Rhône 15
Gard 11
Paris 10
Aveyron 5
Rhône 4
Haute-Vienne 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

20 people named Salmeron live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 9
Neuchâtel 7
Vaud 4

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

Salmeron in American newspapers,
1898–1930.

Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Salmeron
La Opinión 1930-09-14
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Salmeron
The Hattiesburg News 1908-10-09
Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Salmeron
Evening Journal 1898-05-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,293 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Salmeron,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alfonso Salmerón
    Alfonso Salmerón 1515–1585 · Catholic priest
  • Roberto Salmeron 1922–2020 · engineer
  • Raúl Salmerón 1953–2022 · military personnel
  • Joan Salmeron Crosas 1958– · politician
  • Fanny Salmeron 1981– · writer
  • Michael Salmeron 1983– · visual artist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Salmeron 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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