Salomon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The surname Salomon is derived from the baptismal name Solomon. This name is ultimately derived from the Hebrew given name Shelomo, which is derived from the word shalom, which means peace. This name was popular among both Jews and Christians during the Middle Ages. Among Christians, it was also a nickname type of surname for a person who was considered wise or for a person who played the role of King Solomon in a miracle play.

Salomon Ranking

In the United States, the name Salomon is the 9,396^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Salomon is ranked the 701^st most popular surname with an estimated 6,878 people with that name. 2

Salomon migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Salomon Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Louis Salomon, who landed in Louisiana in 1718-1724 3
Salomon Salomon, who settled in Georgia in 1733
Abraham Salomon, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1739
Johann Ernst Salomon in 1744 and Johan Salomon in 1750
Catharina Salomon, who arrived in North America in 1758
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Salomon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Marcus Salomon, who arrived in America in 1820 3
Alexander Salomon, who arrived in North America in 1832-1849 3
Therese Salomon, who arrived in North America in 1832-1849 3
Jose Maria Salomon, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1840 3
Menken Salomon, aged 31, who landed in Missouri in 1841 3
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Salomon migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Salomon Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Pearl Dankevych Salomon, who landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1899

Salomon migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Salomon Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Salomon, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Lancashire Witch" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 13th October 1863 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Salomon (post 1700) +

Rav Matisyahu Chaim Salomon (1937-2024), English-born American rabbi and public speaker
Edward Salomon (1828-1909), American eighth Governor of Wisconsin
Captain Benjamin Lewis Salomon (1914-1944), American Army dentist and Medal of Honor recipient
William Salomon (1745-1815), German musician, born at Bonn in the house (515 Bonngasse) where Beethoven was born twenty-five years later
Pierre Marie Joseph Salomon, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
Siegfried Salomon (1885-1962), Danish composer
Lysius Salomon (1815-1888), President of Haiti from 1879 to 1888
Erich Salomon (1886-1944), German-born news photographer and one of only two known persons to have photographed a session of the U.S. Supreme Court
Dieter Salomon (b. 1960), German politician and mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau
Alice Salomon (1872-1948), German social reformer and pioneer of social work and the first woman granted a Ph.D. from the University of Berlin

Historic Events for the Salomon family +

RMS Titanic

Mr. Abraham Lincoln Salomon, aged 43, American First Class passenger from New York City, New York who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and survived the sinking escaping in life boat 1 6

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 25) Pierre Salomon. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html