Salo Surname
Approximately 37,774 people bear this surname
Salo Surname User-submission:
The Salo surname is derived from the Finnish word salo, meaning 'deep forest'.
Salo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 13,037 | 1:422 | 24 |
| Ukraine | 6,118 | 1:7,441 | 853 |
| United States | 3,736 | 1:97,018 | 10,824 |
| Philippines | 3,716 | 1:27,244 | 3,768 |
| Russia | 1,529 | 1:94,260 | 11,706 |
| Pakistan | 890 | 1:200,723 | 4,906 |
| Afghanistan | 884 | 1:36,372 | 1,433 |
| Burkina Faso | 770 | 1:23,834 | 1,528 |
| Spain | 752 | 1:62,170 | 5,628 |
| Indonesia | 672 | 1:196,799 | 18,716 |
| Sweden | 605 | 1:16,276 | 1,389 |
| Canada | 589 | 1:62,556 | 7,315 |
| DR Congo | 575 | 1:128,486 | 13,821 |
| Nigeria | 545 | 1:325,033 | 17,840 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Papua New Guinea | 283 | 1:28,812 | 3,279 |
| Estonia | 238 | 1:5,554 | 603 |
| Kenya | 190 | 1:243,052 | 16,770 |
| India | 177 | 1:4,333,703 | 114,361 |
| Belarus | 176 | 1:53,983 | 9,191 |
| Solomon Islands | 175 | 1:3,314 | 353 |
| Argentina | 131 | 1:326,286 | 25,825 |
| Germany | 127 | 1:633,901 | 50,033 |
| Thailand | 122 | 1:579,003 | 98,779 |
| South Africa | 116 | 1:467,049 | 38,892 |
| Niger | 114 | 1:168,351 | 6,055 |
| Cameroon | 107 | 1:194,103 | 20,154 |
| Norway | 98 | 1:52,472 | 7,538 |
| Iran | 87 | 1:882,558 | 42,611 |
| Taiwan | 85 | 1:275,821 | 2,279 |
| France | 76 | 1:873,983 | 102,402 |
| Malaysia | 61 | 1:483,512 | 24,345 |
| Albania | 51 | 1:57,138 | 7,121 |
| Ivory Coast | 42 | 1:549,315 | 16,834 |
| Denmark | 36 | 1:156,798 | 13,614 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Kazakhstan | 30 | 1:589,417 | 41,433 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Israel | 25 | 1:342,305 | 28,607 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Georgia | 22 | 1:170,252 | 11,125 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 21 | 1:284,412 | 25,571 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Tajikistan | 13 | 1:645,130 | 4,278 |
| Moldova | 12 | 1:296,781 | 24,445 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Transnistria | 5 | 1:94,940 | 11,199 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Şalo (124), Šalo (54), Saló (32), Salò (4) & Salô (1) are calculated separately.
Salo (15,251) may also be a first name.
Salo Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Salo surname is derived from the Finnish word salo, meaning 'deep forest'.
- rocknrollSalo Demographics
Average Male Salo Height
175.86 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Salo Last Name Facts
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) occurs most in Finland. It may also be rendered as a variant: Şalo, Šalo, Saló, Salò or Salô. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Salo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 14,750th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 192,925 people. The surname Salo occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Salo live; 37 percent live in Northern Europe and 36 percent live in Scandinavia. Salo is also the 45,874th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 15,251 people.
This surname is most frequent in Finland, where it is carried by 13,037 people, or 1 in 422. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 29 percent live, Pirkanmaa, where 14 percent live and Southwest Finland, where 9 percent live. Besides Finland this surname occurs in 114 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
Salo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Salo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Salo last name grew 16,243 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 3,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Salo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (84%) in Russia, Orthodox (89%) in Belarus and Orthodox (55%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Salo are 10.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salo in the Georgian language | ||
| სალო | salo | - |
| Salo in the Bengali language | ||
| সালো | salo | 80 |
| সালু | salu | 20 |
| Salo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﻟﻮ | salw | 66.67 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻮ | salw | 33.33 |
| Salo in the Marathi language | ||
| सालो | salo | 62.3 |
| साळो | salo | 21.31 |
| सलो | salo | 14.75 |
| Salo in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାେଲା | saela | 56.73 |
| ସାଲ | sala | 19.23 |
| ସେଲା | sela | 16.35 |
| ଶାଲ | sala | 5.77 |
| ସାେଲ | saela | 0.96 |
| ଶାେଲା | saela | 0.96 |
| Salo in the Hindi language | ||
| सालो | salo | 50 |
| सलो | salo | 49.57 |
| शिलो | silo | 0.43 |
| Salo in the Russian language | ||
| Сало | salo | - |
| Salo in the Arabic language | ||
| صلو | slw | - |
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