Salter Surname
Approximately 39,501 people bear this surname
Salter Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the Salter,' a manufacturer or dealer in salt; compare Salthouse. The Salters'Company was early among the London Guilds.
John le Saltere, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Nygel le Salter, Wiltshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameSalter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,489 | 1:19,604 | 2,463 |
| England | 10,538 | 1:5,287 | 737 |
| Australia | 5,202 | 1:5,189 | 749 |
| Canada | 2,278 | 1:16,175 | 2,339 |
| Wales | 666 | 1:4,646 | 506 |
| New Zealand | 546 | 1:8,294 | 1,412 |
| South Africa | 372 | 1:145,639 | 16,615 |
| Scotland | 231 | 1:23,177 | 2,598 |
| Ireland | 215 | 1:21,902 | 2,197 |
| Turkey | 176 | 1:442,167 | 26,106 |
| Portugal | 94 | 1:110,832 | 5,195 |
| Spain | 62 | 1:754,065 | 31,946 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Northern Ireland | 41 | 1:45,001 | 3,962 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Austria | 33 | 1:258,043 | 30,255 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Isle of Man | 29 | 1:2,959 | 610 |
| Jamaica | 28 | 1:102,498 | 4,206 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Nicaragua | 6 | 1:1,003,515 | 4,885 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 253 | 1:17,509 | 2,133 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6,544 | 1:3,725 | 530 |
| Wales | 186 | 1:8,432 | 522 |
| Scotland | 95 | 1:39,402 | 3,023 |
| Jersey | 11 | 1:4,717 | 830 |
| Guernsey | 6 | 1:5,443 | 949 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,947 | 1:17,041 | 2,171 |
Salter (149) may also be a first name.
Salter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the Salter,' a manufacturer or dealer in salt; compare Salthouse. The Salters'Company was early among the London Guilds.
John le Saltere, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Nygel le Salter, Wiltshire, ibid.
Ralph le Salter, Close Rolls, 20 Edward I.
Thomas le Saltar, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Willelmus Salter, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
'Thomas de Wollay, Salter, 1379: ibid.
(a) Occup. 'the sautreour,' a player on the psaltery, or 'gay sawtrye,' as Chaucer styles it. A stringed instrument of the harp class.
William le Sautreour. Riley's Memorials of London.
Janetto la Sautreour, minstrel of Queen Isabelle, Close Roll, 2 Edward III.
This would easily get corrupted to Salter, as the form psalterie was in use in the lath century.
1597. Married — William Prior and Margaret Salter: St. Mary Aldermary.
1618. Edmund Rolfe and Dorothy Salter: Marriage Lic. (London).
From the occupation, Old English seaitere, saltere, a dealer in salt (Klump, Die altenglischen Handwerhernamen, p. 67). An old surname in the joint parish of Larbert and Dunipace. Richard Salter held a land in Musselburgh in 1437 (Soltre, p. 52), and Robe Salter appears in Stirling in 1524 (SBR., p. 20).
(English) Salt Worker or Dealer [Middle English salter(e, Old English s(e)altere— s(e)alt, salt + the agential suff. -ere] Sealtere, hwæt us fremað cræft þín? (Salter, of what benefit is thy craft to us?).—Ælfrici Colloq., late 10th cent.
(English) One who processed, or sold, salt; one who came from Salter (salt hut), in Cumberland.
A maker of salt-a business of great importance in the middle ages, when the produce of the land was almost entirely consumed on the spot, and immense quantities of victuals of all kinds had to he salted, in order that they might be kept the whole year round. Wright's Vocab. p. 9.
A name of trade, one who sells salt.
William Salatre, Normandy, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Beatrice and William le Salter, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
A. Solter; from the Dutch, Selter; a personal name.
Salter: a salt-boiler.
Salter is a common name in the Exeter district The Salterns, now scantily represented in the county, were an old Bideford family in the 16th and 17th centuries (Wat.).
Salter Demographics
Average Salter Salary in
United States
$41,068 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Salter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salter occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salter? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 14,105th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 184,490 people. The surname Salter is predominantly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Salter reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 754,880th most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 149 people.
Salter is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 18,489 people, or 1 in 19,604. In The United States Salter is most frequent in: Alabama, where 11 percent reside, Georgia, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 84 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.
Salter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Salter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Salter surname rose 627 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 161 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 358 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 243 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 15 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Salter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (49%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Salter surname are 20.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.11% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Salter earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 10.3% less than the national average, earning 310,420 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 21.06% more than the national average, earning R 287,676 per year; in United States they earn 4.82% less than the national average, earning $41,068 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.08% more than the national average, earning $55,684 CAD per year.
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