Salentin Surname
Approximately 716 people bear this surname
Salentin Surname User-submission:
Salentin normally should have the same etymology as Valentin.
Salentinus in Latin would be 'the salient one'.
Valentinus in Latin would be 'the valient one'
The big number of Salentin in Germany is strange and maybe an emigration from France (?).
Read More About This SurnameSalentin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 696 | 1:115,669 | 14,239 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Salentin Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Salentin normally should have the same etymology as Valentin.
Salentinus in Latin would be 'the salient one'.
Valentinus in Latin would be 'the valient one'
The big number of Salentin in Germany is strange and maybe an emigration from France (?). French Huguenots maybe ?
- patrick rené henri jouannèsSalentin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salentin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salentin is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Salentin click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salentin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 469,321st most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 10,178,137 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Salentin live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Salentin is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 696 people, or 1 in 115,669. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 93 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 3 percent live and Bavaria, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
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