Salinas Surname
Approximately 566,369 people bear this surname
Salinas Surname Definition:
Worker in a salt mine; one who came from Salinas in Spain.
From the latin "salinae" - a salt mine. The landmark of the area from which the inhabitants took this name. Place name in Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
Plural form of "salillas" which comes from the German "sal" that refers to a building.
Read More About This SurnameSalinas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 183,098 | 1:678 | 106 |
| United States | 79,367 | 1:4,567 | 509 |
| Chile | 47,235 | 1:373 | 74 |
| Argentina | 43,228 | 1:989 | 134 |
| Peru | 35,092 | 1:906 | 129 |
| Colombia | 26,839 | 1:1,780 | 349 |
| Philippines | 26,145 | 1:3,872 | 291 |
| Paraguay | 23,869 | 1:303 | 70 |
| Ecuador | 16,748 | 1:950 | 161 |
| Spain | 16,670 | 1:2,805 | 330 |
| Bolivia | 14,207 | 1:747 | 150 |
| Honduras | 13,947 | 1:632 | 154 |
| Nicaragua | 9,648 | 1:624 | 132 |
| Venezuela | 9,358 | 1:3,228 | 487 |
| El Salvador | 7,877 | 1:805 | 161 |
| Panama | 4,052 | 1:966 | 180 |
| Brazil | 2,089 | 1:102,477 | 3,861 |
| France | 1,160 | 1:57,261 | 7,623 |
| Costa Rica | 782 | 1:6,113 | 420 |
| Uruguay | 692 | 1:4,959 | 568 |
| Cuba | 562 | 1:20,503 | 1,278 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| Canada | 516 | 1:71,406 | 8,144 |
| Guatemala | 495 | 1:32,490 | 1,927 |
| Dominican Republic | 347 | 1:30,066 | 1,787 |
| Italy | 238 | 1:256,961 | 34,202 |
| Australia | 188 | 1:143,594 | 15,358 |
| Israel | 181 | 1:47,280 | 6,267 |
| England | 173 | 1:322,070 | 23,948 |
| Portugal | 123 | 1:84,701 | 4,225 |
| Germany | 119 | 1:676,516 | 52,308 |
| Switzerland | 84 | 1:97,773 | 10,519 |
| Belize | 71 | 1:5,007 | 882 |
| Singapore | 64 | 1:86,058 | 3,478 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Sweden | 56 | 1:175,835 | 12,146 |
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| Netherlands | 39 | 1:433,005 | 44,158 |
| Puerto Rico | 34 | 1:104,416 | 1,629 |
| Denmark | 26 | 1:217,104 | 17,438 |
| Norway | 25 | 1:205,691 | 23,411 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Andorra | 21 | 1:3,992 | 813 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Finland | 17 | 1:323,335 | 23,349 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Japan | 13 | 1:9,834,176 | 45,186 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1:25,910 | 1,967 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 572 | 1:87,795 | 9,105 |
The alternate forms: Salínas (2) & Saliñas (2) are calculated separately.
Salinas (492) may also be a first name.
Salinas Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Worker in a salt mine; one who came from Salinas in Spain.
From the latin "salinae" - a salt mine. The landmark of the area from which the inhabitants took this name. Place name in Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
Plural form of "salillas" which comes from the German "sal" that refers to a building.
Navarrese name from villa of Salinas, political subdivision of Estella.
User-submitted Reference
The people who take salt from salty places, salinas.
- marce_deepSalinas Demographics
Salinas Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Salinas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salinas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salinas (Arabic: ساليناس, Hindi: सलिनास, Marathi: सालीनस, Russian: Салинас) is borne by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Salínas or Saliñas. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salinas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 940th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,867 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Salinas reside; 46 percent reside in North America and 32 percent reside in Hispano-North America. Salinas is also the 383,044th most widespread given name globally, held by 492 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is borne by 183,098 people, or 1 in 678. In Mexico it is primarily concentrated in: México, where 19 percent are found, Nuevo León, where 9 percent are found and Oaxaca, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Mexico this surname occurs in 113 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Chile, where 8 percent are found.
Salinas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Salinas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Salinas surname expanded 13,875 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Salinas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Salinas surname is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Salinas surname are 43.09% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.32% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Salinas earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 1.7% less than the national average, earning €29,520 per year; in Norway they earn 38.76% less than the national average, earning 211,930 kr per year; in Peru they earn 1.62% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,699 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.78% more than the national average, earning $24,015,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 20.31% less than the national average, earning $34,387 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.16% less than the national average, earning $44,138 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salinas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salinas in the Hindi language | ||
| सलिनास | salinasa | - |
| Salinas in the Marathi language | ||
| सालीनस | salinasa | 66.67 |
| सालीनास | salinasa | 33.33 |
| Salinas in the Russian language | ||
| Салинас | salinas | - |
| Salinas in the Arabic language | ||
| ساليناس | salynas | - |
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Footnotes
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