Salak

See also: salak, sálak, sāļāk, and sałak

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Salak, Czech and Hungarian Salák and Slovak Šalák, all from a pet form of the name Salamon. Compare Solomon, Salomon.

Proper noun

Salak (plural Salaks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Salak is the 43511^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 496 individuals. Salak is most common among White (91.94%) individuals.

Further reading

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