Given name & surname · also Spanish
Salazar
Salazar is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque. It is used in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, and 2 other languages.
Original SpanishZalazar
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Salazar comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Basque.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Salazar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 189 as a first name in 2020; 150,906 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Salazar’s family of names
In English usage, Salazar as a surname has a related form in SILIEZAR. In English usage, Salazar as a surname has a related form in ZALAZAR. In Greek usage, Salazar as a surname is a transliteration of Σάλαζαρ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Salazar has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Basque roots to each of them.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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