Salts

See also: salts

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish זאַלץ (zalts, “salt”), a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a salt producer or seller.

Proper noun

Salts (plural Saltses)

1. A surname from Yiddish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Salts is the 40261^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 544 individuals. Salts is most common among White (93.75%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Salts

1. plural of Salt

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Salts”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• lasts, slats