Salfinger Surname

832,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Salfinger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salfinger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria2201:38,7076,231
Australia541:499,92037,885
Switzerland321:256,65421,165
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England11:55,718,059489,080
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Salfinger Last Name Facts

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

Salfinger occurs most in Austria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Salfinger? popularity and diffusion

It is the 832,284th most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Salfinger are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is borne by 220 people, or 1 in 38,707. In Austria Salfinger is most frequent in: Upper Austria, where 79 percent reside, Salzburg, where 11 percent reside and Vienna, where 6 percent reside. Besides Austria Salfinger exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 16 percent reside and Switzerland, where 10 percent reside.

Salfinger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Salfinger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Salfinger surname grew 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selfinger8951/
Salvinger892/
Calfinger890/
Solfinger890/
Sölvinger7810/
Sylvinger786/
Solvinger784/
Sulla-Heffinger671/
Celevenger533/
Sullivan Yeager501/

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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 Salfinger
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