Salcombe Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Salcombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salcombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England591:944,37447,923
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Wales41:773,63329,106
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England611:399,59624,084

Salcombe Last Name Facts

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

Salcombe is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Salcombe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,220,661st most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Salcombe is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Salcombe live; 86 percent live in Northern Europe and 86 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 944,374. In England Salcombe is most frequent in: Gloucestershire, where 27 percent are found, Oxfordshire, where 24 percent are found and West Midlands, where 24 percent are found. Without taking into account England this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent are found and Wales, where 5 percent are found.

Salcombe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Salcombe has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname contracted 3 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shallcombe891/
Salcumbe8811/
Sialzoumbe781/
Challcombe780/
Colcombe75340/
Jolcombe752/
Salkonbi631/
Colconbe631/
Salkamwer592/
Shalkumba591/

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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
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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 Salcombe
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