Salerno Surname

17,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,950 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malta

Salerno Surname Definition:

(Italian) One who came from Salerno, a province and city in Italy.

Salerno Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,2061:27,4473,429
Italy6,3651:9,6081,442
Argentina4,5281:9,440913
Brazil1,7961:119,1954,523
France1,3031:50,9776,679
Australia1,0461:25,8093,515
Canada6981:52,7876,327
Switzerland4651:17,6622,906
Venezuela3501:86,2973,373
Germany3021:266,57428,403
Panama2421:16,1661,178
England2411:231,19519,235
Spain2281:205,05313,979
Belgium1971:58,3599,452
Paraguay1381:52,4401,489
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Dominican Republic1081:96,6014,209
Malta1081:3,984279
Peru861:369,58312,369
Thailand781:905,620141,791
Uruguay651:52,7965,844
Russia331:4,367,365205,470
Chile231:765,93416,989
Israel201:427,88233,464
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Wales151:206,30213,003
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Cuba81:1,440,3407,824
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Dominica11:75,891912
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Salerno (263) may also be a first name.

Salerno Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) One who came from Salerno, a province and city in Italy.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Salerno Last Name Facts

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

The last name Salerno (Arabic: سالرنو, Russian: Салерно) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Salerno.

How Common Is The Last Name Salerno? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 17,348th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 228,092 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Salerno are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Salerno is also the 548,616th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 263 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 13,206 people, or 1 in 27,447. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 23 percent reside, New Jersey, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname is found in 74 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 20 percent reside and Argentina, where 14 percent reside.

Salerno Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Salerno has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Salerno last name increased 220,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Salerno Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Greek Orthodox (80%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Salerno last name are 8.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.12% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Salerno earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 9.3% more than the national average, earning €32,823 per year; in Peru they earn 173.67% more than the national average, earning S/. 53,050 per year; in Colombia they earn 119.77% more than the national average, earning $49,893,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.84% more than the national average, earning $49,984 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.77% more than the national average, earning $57,520 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salierno933,057/
Sallerno936/
Salesrno931/
Salernos931/
Scalerno931/
Solerno86121/
Salorno8636/
Salerna8634/
Calerno8614/
Salarno8613/
Selerno862/
Zalerno862/
Salirno862/
Solernou80205/
Sallernas7510/
Solarno715/
Solernó712/
Solorno711/
Selarno711/
Soelarno6725/
Solernau671/
Seelarnoi631/

Salerno Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salerno in the Russian language
Салерноsalerno-
Salerno in the Arabic language
سالرنوsalrnw-

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