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

Salo (Arabic: صلو, Bengali: সালো, Georgian: სალო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻟﻮ, Hindi: सालो, Marathi: सालो, Oriya: ସାେଲା, Russian: Сало) is found in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Şalo, Šalo, Saló, Salò or Salô. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 14,750^th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 192,925 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Salo live; 37 percent live in Northern Europe and 36 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 45,874^th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 15,251 people.

Salo is most common in Finland, where it is carried by 13,037 people, or 1 in 422. In Finland it is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 29 percent live, Pirkanmaa, where 14 percent live and Southwest Finland, where 9 percent live. Excluding Finland this last name is found in 114 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Salo Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Salo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Salo surname increased 16,243 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 3,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Salo Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Salo surname is primarily Orthodox (84%) in Russia, Orthodox (89%) in Belarus and Orthodox (55%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Salo last name are 10.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.77% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Salo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 58.31% less than the national average, earning €12,521 per year; in Norway they earn 23.42% less than the national average, earning 265,037 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 69.21% more than the national average, earning R 402,096 per year; in United States they earn 4.38% more than the national average, earning $45,041 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.64% more than the national average, earning $52,486 CAD per year.