How common is the surname Salvo?

2,656 people in the United States had the surname Salvo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,245 Americans. It ranked 11,793rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Salvo?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Salvo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Salvo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,656 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Salvo

An Italian surname, carried by 2,656 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salvo is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan (Salvó) surname, all from the adjective salvo (“safe, saved”), or from its Latin source salvus (“safe”), found in names like Salvus and Salvone.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,656 people named Salvo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,245 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,534.

#11,793

rank among US surnames

2,656

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,405)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,789	Sweigart	2,658	116,157
#11,792	Grossi	2,657	116,201
#11,793	Leavell	2,656	116,245
#11,797	Borman	2,655	116,288
#11,799	Janda	2,654	116,332
#11,801	Feagin	2,653	116,376

Who is named Salvo

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

85% of people named Salvo identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Salvo

Salvo has the Soundex code S410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S410.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Salvo come from?: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan (Salvó) surname, all from the adjective salvo (“safe, saved”), or from its Latin source salvus (“safe”), found in names like Salvus and Salvone.
How common is the surname Salvo?: 2,656 people in the United States had the surname Salvo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,245 Americans. It ranked 11,793rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Salvo?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Salvo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Salvo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,656 in 2010, up 4.8%.