Salusbury Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Salusbury 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.

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Salusbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:1,013,05650,089
Wales371:83,6366,963
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
France21:33,211,361423,184
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales491:32,0081,749
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Salusbury 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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. v. Salisbury, a manifest variant.

1742. Baptised — Sarah, d. John Salusbury: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1760. Married — Gilbert Atkinson and Esther Salusbury: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Salisbury, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(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.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Salusbury Last Name Facts

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

The last name Salusbury is found most frequently in England. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Salusbury.

How Common Is The Last Name Salusbury? popularity and diffusion

The last name Salusbury is the 1,321,499th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname Salusbury is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Salusbury are found; 55 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Salusbury is most numerous in England, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,013,056. In England Salusbury is mostly found in: Greater London, where 22 percent live, Bedfordshire, where 20 percent live and North Yorkshire, where 18 percent live. Not including England this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.

Salusbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Salusbury has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 367 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it declined 24 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 208 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Salusbury Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Salusbury earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.95% less than the national average, earning R 114,192 per year; in United States they earn 50.3% more than the national average, earning $64,854 USD per year and in Canada they earn 47.39% more than the national average, earning $73,228 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sallusbury950/
Salisbury8928,505/
Saulisbury84124/
Sallisbury8424/
Sailisbury843/
Salisburry841/
Salisbaury841/
Salisbeury841/
Sallisburry800/
Solisbury781/
Selisbury780/
Colushbury741/
Saluvuri711/

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