Salts

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

Salts (plural Saltses)

1. A surname from Yiddish.

• 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.

Salts

1. plural of Salt

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

• lasts, slats