Salkow Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Salkow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salkow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:5,491,802273,080
South Africa631:859,96456,669
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Salków (23) are calculated separately.

Salkow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Salkow occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Salków. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salkow? popularity and diffusion

Salkow is the 1,409,418th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Salkow reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 5,491,802. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 39 percent live, Arizona, where 15 percent live and New York, where 12 percent live. Outside of The United States Salkow is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 41 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.

Salkow Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Salkow earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 93.89% more than the national average, earning R 460,764 per year and in United States they earn 57.74% more than the national average, earning $68,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salków9423/
Shalkow9211/
Salkowe9210/
Sialkow922/
Szalkow921/
Salkov832,826/
Zalkow8344/
Solkow8315/
Salkof8313/
Salcow831/
Sattelkow8015/
Salkova773,323/
Shalkov77399/
Salkoff7740/
Salkhov7736/
Salkovs7725/
Sialkov772/
Sal'kov772/
Sallkov771/
Sholkow771/
Shalkova71597/
Salkhova7145/
Shalkoff7127/
Schalkov712/
Scholkow711/
Solkov6766/
Schalkoff6729/
Calkov6711/
Shaylekov675/
Zalkov672/
Salcov672/
Schalkova671/
Xalkov671/

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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 Salkow
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