The Salzmann surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 681 people carried this name — #33,499 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 2% from 695 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Salzmann surname
German and Jewish surname, from Salz (“salt”) + Mann (“man”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Salzmann» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,506 people named Salzmann live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 378 people named Salzmann 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 Santa Fe.
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 160 people named Salzmann.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Moselle.
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
32 people named Salzmann is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Salzmann,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leodegar Salzmann 1721–1798 · Catholic monk -
Christian Gotthilf Salzmann 1744–1811 · writer -
Frédéric-Rodolphe Saltzmann 1749–1821 · writer -
Wilhelm Salzmann d. 1550 · writer
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Martin Salzmann d. 1884 · coach driver
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Jakob Salzmann 1484–1526 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salzmann.
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