Solomon Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Solomon Name Meaning: Derived from hebrew 'shalom',meaning peace.

Soloman was a king of Israel and the 'son of David'.He was renowned for his wisdom but the name has never been common among christians as it is considered very much 'Jewish'.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Solomon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Solomon family

Profession Census Frequency
Tailor 63
Tailoress 45
Living On Own Means 43
General Labourer 22
Cabinet Maker 19
Dress Maker 19
Agricultural Labourer 16
Cigar Maker 13
General Servant Domestic 13
School 12
Shoe Maker 9
China Clay Labourer 9
Dressmaker 8
Scholar 8
Boot Maker 7
Clerk 7
Commercial Traveller 7
Cook Domestic 7
Tailor Machinist 7
House Maid Domestic 7
Domestic Servant 6
General Domestic 6
House Keeper Domestic 6
Servant Domestic 6
Working Tailor 6

Solomon Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Salmon 71% 44,075
2 Solomon 100% 15,650
3 Soloman 86% 7,201
4 Sleeman 43% 6,055
5 Sloman 71% 4,695
6 Selman 57% 3,808
7 Silman 57% 1,600
8 Salman 57% 1,599
9 Solmon 86% 1,292
10 Sulman 57% 1,257
11 Solman 71% 1,214
12 Salomon 86% 1,162
13 Salaman 57% 994
14 Selmon 71% 556
15 Sleaman 43% 425
16 Sluman 57% 414
17 Sleman 57% 330
18 Soleman 71% 190
19 Saloman 71% 147
20 Salamon 71% 141
21 Salmen 57% 125
22 Silmon 71% 109
23 Solaman 71% 103

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The surname Solomon is the 2nd most popular variant of Salmon.

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