Last Name SALMOND

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Solomon, popularly Salamon, and with excrescent 'd' Salamond. This form represents families of English descent, Solomon representing later Jewish immigrations. Of course the London Directory has several Salamons, undoubtedly Jewish, but, speaking generally, English Salomans, Salamans, Salemans, Salmons, Salmans, Salmonds, Sammons, and Sammonds, are of English extraction, just as much as English Davies and Davidsons are (excepting when thse are Welsh or Scottish).
Origin English, Irish

Rank 30,552 (2000 US census) 60,605 (1990 US census)
Count 721 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 51.32%, or 370 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 45.91%, or 331 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.8%, or 13 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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