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

The last name Salfinger is found most frequently in Austria. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Salfinger.

How Common Is The Last Name Salfinger? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 832,284th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. Salfinger occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Salfinger reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Salfinger is most frequently occurring in Austria, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 38,707. In Austria it is most numerous in: Upper Austria, where 79 percent are found, Salzburg, where 11 percent are found and Vienna, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Austria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 16 percent are found and Switzerland, where 10 percent are found.

Salfinger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Salfinger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Salfinger last name expanded 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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