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Salter

in the US

There are 11,981 people with the last name "Salter" in the United States.

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Salter 2,344
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  1. is 2,340th most common Hitchcock
  2. is 2,341st most common Callaway
  3. is 2,342nd most common Harms
  4. is 2,343rd most common Lundy
  5. is 2,344th most common Salter
  6. is 2,345th most common Deaton
  7. is 2,346th most common Uribe
  8. is 2,347th most common Duong
  9. is 2,348th most common Ryder

Similar Names and Nicknames

Saltzman, Salters, Saltsman, Saltz, Salt, Soltero, Salts, Salto, Saltmarsh, Saltos

Most Common First Names for Salter

James, John, Robert, William, Michael, David, Richard, Mary, Charles, Thomas

Meaning & History

English: occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt (a precious commodity in medieval times), from Middle English salt ‘salt’ + the agent suffix -er.

English: occupational name for a player on the psaltery, a string instrument, Middle English, Old French saltere ‘psaltery’. (The Middle English word is derived from Latin psalterium, Greek psaltērion, from psallein ‘to sound’).

North German form of Salzer.

Recent Searches for "Salter" in the US

Since June 2009
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Most Popular Search

James Salter (99 searches)
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