Saldaña

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/saldaɲa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Saldaña is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Panama it is the 35th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PAPanama≈1 in 1.8K
  • ECEcuador1 in 3.3K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

34,434 people, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
371 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SaldañaLatin(measured from records)
סלדנהHebrew(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Saldana in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Saldaña counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Saldaña is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—34,4341 in 9.7K34KSaldana371
PE Peru#149≈21,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Saldaña66
ES Spain—6,0091 in 8.3K6KSaldaña105
AR Argentina#8345,9701 in 7.6K6KSaldaña43
CO Colombia#702≈5,800 est.≈1 in 8.5K5Saldaña55
EC Ecuador#5345,1451 in 3.3K5.1KSaldaña24
PA Panama#35≈2,200 est.≈1 in 1.8K38Saldaña41
UY Uruguay—1,9251 in 1.8K1.9K—25
CR Costa Rica#2651,4871 in 3.4K1.5KSaldaña16

34,434 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the co-datosgov-candidates register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry names; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Saldaña is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Saldãna, Saldan̋a, S-Aldana, Saldana, Saldanã

  • Russian surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, United States, Ukraine, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Saldana, Салдана, Сальданья, Saldanā, Saldaňa

  • Croatian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, Spain

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

    Also written Saldana

  • a separate surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, Peru

    Also written Saldana, S̶a̶l̶d̶a̶ñ̶a̶

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Vicente Guerrero, b. 1782Quintiliano Saldaña, b. 1878Cuco Sánchez, b. 1921Antonio Oviedo, b. 1938Lori Saldaña, b. 1958La Güereja, b. 1963Zoe Saldana, b. 1978Rāhula, b. 1983Camilo Saldaña, b. 1999Sara Saldaña, b. 2000
  • Vicente Guerrerob. 1782MXnot in their usual nameleading revolutionary generals of the tortilla War of Independence and President of Mexico (1782-1831)
  • Quintiliano Saldañab. 1878ESSpanish jurist and sociologist (1878-1938)
  • Cuco Sánchezb. 1921MXnot in their usual nameMexican singer-songwriter and actor (1921–2000)
  • Antonio Oviedob. 1938ESnot in their usual nameSpanish association football player (1938–2022)
  • Lori Saldañab. 1958USAmerican politician
  • La Güerejab. 1963MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress and comedian
  • Zoe Saldanab. 1978USAmerican actress, dancer, and model (born 1978)
  • Rāhulab. 1983MXnot in their usual nameMexican Buddhist monk
  • Camilo Saldañab. 1999CLChilean footballer
  • Sara Saldañab. 2000ESSpanish synchronized swimmer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Saldaña,Dear Saldaña, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Saldaña,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Saldaña
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—6K#901
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—6K#901
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—6K—
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names20245.1K#753
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—5.1K—
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—1.5K#404
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)1995137—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)199495—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)200892—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)200788—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)199187—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)200986—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Saldaña?
A machine transcription gives /saldaɲa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Saldaña have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 34 thousand people named Saldaña, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled saldana.
How common is the name Saldaña?
In the United States, the national register counted 34,434 people named Saldaña in 2010, about 1 in 9.7 thousand residents.
How common is Saldaña compared with other names?
In Panama, Saldaña is the 35th most common surname of 39,844 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Saldaña” — the 35th most common surname in Panama. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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