di Salvo Surname

41,891st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

di Salvo Surname User-submission:

It is a patronymic surname, which comes from de or di, meaning 'son of', and the medieval name Salvus or the Latin name Salvius.

The surname Di Salvo has a large Sicilian nucleus, but it also has fetters in Lazio, Molise, Campania, Puglia and Basilicata.

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di Salvo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy9,1981:6,649873
Argentina1,3971:30,5972,574
France3651:181,98028,333
United States3251:1,115,25880,547
Australia1771:152,51816,101
Canada1731:212,98020,593
Venezuela1401:215,7435,659
Switzerland1371:59,9487,487
Brazil1311:1,634,15553,881
Belgium1271:90,52514,046
England1261:442,20729,452
Spain451:1,038,93438,115
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Wales141:221,03813,576
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Uruguay71:490,25125,911
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Laos41:1,647,081888
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
China21:683,660,78330,601
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
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di Salvo (21) may also be a first name.

di Salvo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is a patronymic surname, which comes from de or di, meaning 'son of', and the medieval name Salvus or the Latin name Salvius.

The surname Di Salvo has a large Sicilian nucleus, but it also has fetters in Lazio, Molise, Campania, Puglia and Basilicata.

Di Salvio would seem specific to Cava de 'Tirreni in Salerno.

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di Salvo Demographics

Average Male di Salvo Height

173.67 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 24 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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di Salvo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name di Salvo Come From? nationality or country of origin

di Salvo is more frequently found in Italy than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name di Salvo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 41,891st most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 584,828 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of di Salvo reside; 74 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 74 percent reside in Italic Europe. di Salvo is also the 2,368,944th most frequent forename internationally. It is borne by 21 people.

di Salvo is most numerous in Italy, where it is held by 9,198 people, or 1 in 6,649. In Italy di Salvo is most numerous in: Sicily, where 66 percent live, Lazio, where 10 percent live and Campania, where 6 percent live. Apart from Italy this surname exists in 40 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 11 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.

di Salvo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount di Salvo earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 0.21% more than the national average, earning €30,092 per year; in United States they earn 38.37% more than the national average, earning $59,706 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.74% more than the national average, earning $55,021 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Salvo883,400/
Di-Salvo889/
di Salva883/
di Calvo883/
di Solvo881/
de Salva7534/
de Calvo7521/
da Salva7520/
De-Salvo754/
da Calvo751/
di Selva751/
da Sailva7168/
da Sialva7114/
de Sailva711/
da Calva63100/
de Selva6350/
da Solva6349/
da Selva6335/
de Calva631/
De-Salva631/
de Solva631/
da Siolva5922/
da Suilva5920/
da Soilva595/
da Seilva591/
Da-Calva501/
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