Find out how popular the last name Solomon is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Solomon.

Solomon, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Solomon surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Solomon in America

Solomon is the 745th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Solomon surname appeared 46,534 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 16 people would have the surname Solomon.

We can also compare 2010 data for Solomon to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Solomon

The surname Solomon has its origins in the Hebrew language and is derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo, which means "peaceful". It is believed to have originated in ancient Israel during biblical times, likely around the 10th century BCE.

The name Solomon is strongly associated with the biblical figure King Solomon, the third king of the united Kingdom of Israel and Judah, who ruled from around 970 to 931 BCE. He was renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Solomon can be found in the Domesday Book, a great survey of England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. The name appears as "Salomon" and is listed among the landowners in various counties.

During the Middle Ages, the name Solomon was found among Jewish communities in Europe, particularly in England and France. It was also adopted by some Christian families, possibly as a result of conversion or admiration for the biblical figure.

In the 12th century, a notable individual named Solomon ben Isaac, also known as Rashi, was a highly influential French rabbi and scholar who wrote influential commentaries on the Torah and Talmud.

Another prominent figure with the surname Solomon was Haym Solomon, a Polish-born Jewish immigrant to the United States in the 18th century. He played a crucial role in financing the American Revolutionary War and is considered a patriotic hero.

In the 19th century, Sir Richard Solomon, a British lawyer and judge born in 1838, served as the Attorney General of Cape Colony (now part of South Africa) and later became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope.

Simcha Solomon, born in 1840 in Poland, was a renowned Talmudic scholar and rabbi who served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire from 1892 to 1919.

The surname Solomon has also been associated with various place names, such as Solomon Islands, an archipelago in the South Pacific, and the city of Solomon in Kansas, United States, which was named after a railway worker named Solomon Bundy.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Solomon

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Solomon.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Solomon was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Solomon has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Solomon was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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