The Salyer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,926 people carried this name — #5,064 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,861 in 2000.

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In print

Salyer in American newspapers,
1910–1926.

Newspaper page from The Monett Times carrying the name Salyer
The Monett Times 1921-02-18
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Salyer
The Washington Times 1926-11-17
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Salyer
Evening Star 1910-01-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,327 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Salyer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mona Salyer Lambird 1938–1999 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Salyer,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States340 records

340 records of the Salyer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 252
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Fred Lamarr Salyer

    Born 1947; from Louisville, Kentucky. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William C. Salyer

    Born 1913 in Michigan. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; college president. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Peter Salyer

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1841, died 1912; buried at Enos Lassiter Cemetery, New Concord, Kentucky.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 340 records for Salyer in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Salyer name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Sälyer

    From Cassel. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 27 September 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 83).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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