as a Last Name
- 28,466
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Salgado
Meaning & Origins
Galician and Portuguese: nickname for a witty person, from salgado ‘salty’, figuratively ‘witty’, ‘piquant’ (from Late Latin salicatus, past participle of salicare ‘to give salt to’).
| 1,252nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 28,466
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Salgado per capita
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