Salisbury Surname
Approximately 28,505 people bear this surname
Salisbury Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Salisbury,' a city in Wiltshire.
Robert de Salisbyre, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1547. Married — Henry Salysberye and Jone Mathewe: St. Michael, Cornhill.
(a) Local, 'of Salesbury.
Read More About This SurnameSalisbury Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,349 | 1:20,892 | 2,638 |
| England | 5,855 | 1:9,516 | 1,406 |
| Australia | 2,143 | 1:12,597 | 1,833 |
| Canada | 1,155 | 1:31,901 | 4,146 |
| Wales | 777 | 1:3,983 | 432 |
| New Zealand | 542 | 1:8,355 | 1,433 |
| Scotland | 170 | 1:31,493 | 3,187 |
| South Africa | 54 | 1:1,003,291 | 61,925 |
| Spain | 42 | 1:1,113,144 | 39,565 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| Ireland | 31 | 1:151,901 | 6,891 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Northern Ireland | 21 | 1:87,859 | 5,745 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Mexico | 20 | 1:6,206,310 | 32,158 |
| Honduras | 19 | 1:464,023 | 3,299 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Uruguay | 14 | 1:245,126 | 18,218 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Belize | 9 | 1:39,497 | 2,328 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 31 | 1:142,899 | 7,868 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,641 | 1:9,230 | 1,377 |
| Wales | 281 | 1:5,582 | 373 |
| Scotland | 50 | 1:74,864 | 4,249 |
| Guernsey | 9 | 1:3,628 | 639 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,571 | 1:19,533 | 2,473 |
Salisbury (64) may also be a first name.
Salisbury Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Salisbury,' a city in Wiltshire.
Robert de Salisbyre, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1547. Married — Henry Salysberye and Jone Mathewe: St. Michael, Cornhill.
(a) Local, 'of Salesbury.' The Lancashire Salisburys hail from Salesbury, a village-parish between Blackburn and Ribchester. The corruption is a very slight one, and simply imitative of the name of the southern cathedral city.
Ralph Salisbury, of Hindley, 1670: Wills at Chester.
Ann Salisbury, of Hindley, 1674: ibid.
Thomas Salisbury, of Chipping, 1669: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
Richard Salisbury, of Chipping, 1663: ibid.
Henry Salisbury, of Chepin, 1626 ibid.
The last three entries place my statement of a local Lancashire origin beyond the range of controversy.
(English) belonging to 1 Salisbury (Wilts) = Searo’s Stronghold [Anglo-Saxon Chron., Searoburh, Seresburh, etc.: the pers. name is from Old English searo, armour, arms; device; skill + burh, a stronghold] “Ego Adelsinus Sarisberiensis ecclesiæ episcopus.”—Cart. Sax. no. 1228 (A.D. 969).
2 Salesbury (Lancs) [Of the early forms of this place-name from 1235 to 1503 collected by Wyld and Hirst (‘Lanc. Place-Names,’ p. 225) only one (a.d. 1311 Salesbury) has the medial genitive -s-, other forms being Salebury2, Salebiri, and (1503) Sailebury. It is therefore not all certain that we have here to do with a pers. name (in the genit.) as the -s- may be merely euphonic. If the first element is not pers. it is prob. Old English sœl, a hall; if it is pers. it may be for Old English salo (= Old Norse söl-r), dark, or Old English sǽl, happiness (cp. Old Norse sœll, happy):-+ Old English burh, a stronghold]
(English) One who came from Salisbury (Searu's stronghold), in Wiltshire.
Edward de Sarisberie, sometimes called Edward Vicecomes, was a great tenant in chief in Wiltshire and other counties, at the making of Domesday. He was a younger son of Walter de Evreux (Devereux)-one of the few instances, in those early times, of a Norman family with a Saxon name. See Hutchins' Dorset. Ellis's Introd. Domesd.
(Saxon.) Local. A city and capital of Wiltshire, England. The town of health; the dry town. The old town of Salisbury anciently stood upon a hill where there was no water, but it is now situated in a valley, and a little brook runs through the streets. The name was sometimes written Salusbury, that is, the healthy hill or town.
The city of that name.
Salisbury Demographics
Salisbury Religious Adherence
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Salisbury Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salisbury Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salisbury is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salisbury? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 19,287th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 255,659 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Salisbury reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,223,525th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 64 people.
The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 17,349 people, or 1 in 20,892. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 9 percent are found, New York, where 9 percent are found and Michigan, where 7 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name is found in 68 countries. It is also common in England, where 21 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.
Salisbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Salisbury has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Salisbury surname grew 675 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 222 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 277 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 340 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Salisbury Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (68%) in Ireland.
In The United States Salisbury are 10.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.4% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Salisbury earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.29% less than the national average, earning R 170,400 per year; in United States they earn 0.14% more than the national average, earning $43,210 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.47% more than the national average, earning $51,407 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saulisbury | 95 | 124 | / |
| Sallisbury | 95 | 24 | / |
| Sailisbury | 95 | 3 | / |
| Salisburys | 95 | 1 | / |
| Salisbeury | 95 | 1 | / |
| Salisbaury | 95 | 1 | / |
| Salisburry | 95 | 1 | / |
| Salisburyd | 95 | 0 | / |
| Salibury | 94 | 22 | / |
| Sallisburry | 90 | 0 | / |
| Salusbury | 89 | 170 | / |
| Salesbury | 89 | 5 | / |
| Salisvury | 89 | 2 | / |
| Saulibury | 89 | 2 | / |
| Salaibury | 89 | 1 | / |
| Solisbury | 89 | 1 | / |
| Salisbory | 89 | 1 | / |
| Selisbury | 89 | 0 | / |
| Saulesbury | 84 | 2 | / |
| Sallusbury | 84 | 0 | / |
| Salesburry | 84 | 0 | / |
| Sailesbury | 84 | 0 | / |
| Salebury | 82 | 0 | / |
| Solesbury | 78 | 124 | / |
| Salesbiery | 74 | 0 | / |
| Solebury | 71 | 1 | / |
| Salimpuri | 67 | 53 | / |
| Zalibouri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Colesbury | 67 | 0 | / |
| Salempuri | 56 | 1 | / |
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