View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Salk Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Salk (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻚ, Hindi: सालक) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Şalk or Šalk. Click here for other possible spellings of Salk.

How Common Is The Last Name Salk? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 251,389^th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,624,077 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Salk reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 42 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Salk is also the 541,116^th most numerous forename internationally, held by 270 people.

The surname Salk is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 656 people, or 1 in 552,529. In The United States Salk is most numerous in: California, where 22 percent reside, Illinois, where 15 percent reside and Michigan, where 13 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 24 percent reside and Pakistan, where 9 percent reside.

Salk Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Salk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Salk surname rose 2,050 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 68 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Salk Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Salk surname are 16.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 69.57% being registered with the political party.

The amount Salk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.28% less than the national average, earning R 87,252 per year; in United States they earn 34.27% more than the national average, earning $57,935 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.83% less than the national average, earning $35,858 CAD per year.