Salchow Surname

451,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 753 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Salchow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salchow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5621:143,24817,294
United States1751:2,071,194131,950
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Salchow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Salchow is found most in Germany. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salchow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 451,199th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,678,016 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Salchow are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 562 people, or 1 in 143,248. In Germany it is primarily found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 24 percent live, Berlin, where 16 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live. Beside Germany it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Salchow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Salchow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Salchow surname increased 473 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Salchow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Salchow surname are 10.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.5% registered with the political party.

Salchow earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.67% more than the national average, earning $43,871 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salschow930/
Salcow921/
Selchow86771/
Solchow8610/
Salchaw860/
Salcov772/
Salsow770/
Zolchow7150/
Salkhov7136/
Salkhova6745/
Saleshov6728/
Zollchow673/
Salessow671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Salchow
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