Salvador Surname

1,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 389,940 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Angola

Salvador Surname Definition:

Descendant of Salvador (Savior, referring to Christ Jesus); one who came from Salvador (Savior), in Portugal; or from Salvador, the name of several places in Spain.

A religious name referring to Jesus Christ. From the latin "salvator" this is both a first and a last name in Hispanic cultures.

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Salvador Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines103,1171:98247
Angola60,1431:44975
Mexico58,8781:2,108294
Mozambique30,2811:900212
Spain26,8861:1,739198
Peru23,7711:1,337212
Brazil17,6111:12,156685
Guatemala12,6721:1,269227
United States11,0501:32,8024,092
Portugal6,5581:1,589236
Italy5,6101:10,9011,692
France4,7771:13,9051,421
Ecuador4,6621:3,412586
Argentina4,5761:9,341911
Honduras3,0501:2,891378
El Salvador2,4681:2,570385
Chad1,5411:8,8201,197
Bolivia1,4931:7,111879
Canada1,3061:28,2133,727
Dominican Republic1,2251:8,517747
Chile9441:18,6621,234
Colombia9231:51,7602,592
Nigeria4811:368,28019,684
Australia4441:60,8017,349
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
Cuba3851:29,9291,553
Venezuela3041:99,3563,669
England3021:184,49716,523
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Haiti2551:41,8982,674
Uruguay2511:13,6721,548
Morocco2391:144,25125,171
Switzerland2211:37,1635,383
Germany2001:402,52737,103
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Nicaragua1741:34,6041,218
Paraguay1721:42,0741,292
Guyana1601:4,764839
Micronesia1191:893207
Bahrain1181:11,4292,102
Russia1081:1,334,47394,603
Belgium1071:107,44516,114
India1001:7,670,654164,164
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Thailand821:861,443136,584
Croatia781:54,21310,290
Netherlands741:228,20530,213
New Zealand711:63,7799,777
São Tomé and Príncipe661:2,688286
Panama641:61,1292,774
South Africa641:846,52756,162
United Arab Emirates561:163,61212,461
Guam491:3,268415
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Austria461:185,11823,639
Ireland361:130,8046,280
Andorra331:2,541482
Malaysia321:921,69541,854
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Trinidad and Tobago241:56,8324,715
Norway191:270,64728,127
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Hong Kong161:458,4683,288
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
China141:97,665,8265,141
Isle of Man141:6,1301,329
Northern Mariana Islands141:3,899389
Costa Rica131:367,6983,592
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Japan111:11,622,20845,659
Oman101:368,7975,193
Saint Lucia101:17,8781,399
Turkey101:7,782,142126,629
Central African Republic91:501,710179
Palau91:2,40559
Vietnam91:10,294,0062,767
Azerbaijan81:1,206,14016,795
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Finland71:785,24338,644
Puerto Rico71:507,1633,435
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
Cape Verde61:88,2742,986
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Wales51:618,90625,852
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Burkina Faso31:6,117,36722,156
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
San Marino11:33,214932
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

Salvador (1,013,060) may also be a first name.

Salvador Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Descendant of Salvador (Savior, referring to Christ Jesus); one who came from Salvador (Savior), in Portugal; or from Salvador, the name of several places in Spain.

A religious name referring to Jesus Christ. From the latin "salvator" this is both a first and a last name in Hispanic cultures. A place name in Cuba.

Found in Aragon, Navarre, Soria, Castile, Valencia, and Catalonia. Name of villages near Santander, Valladolid, and Cartagena. Also found in form Salvadores. Derived from latin "salvator" meaning savior, or salvation, in honor of Jesus Christ.

From the latin "salvus" that means healthy. In this case one who cures or saves, referring to Christ.

Castilian name from Soria and one of twelve noble lines of that city. One branch in Aragon and another in Catalonia in villa of Calella. Later went to Barcelona.

— Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

Salvador means "the savior"

- folive25
DNA test information
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Salvador Demographics

Average Salvador Salary in
United States

$43,315 USD

Per year
Rank:
640,758 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00300414
Rank: 4,103 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
100.38%
Sample size: 5,915 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Salvador Last Name Facts

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

The last name Salvador (Hindi: सल्वाडोर, Marathi: वाडोर, Russian: Сальвадор) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salvador? popularity and diffusion

Salvador is the 1,390th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 18,689 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Salvador live; 26 percent live in Southeast Asia and 26 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Salvador is also the 877th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 1,013,060 people.

The last name is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 103,117 people, or 1 in 982. In The Philippines Salvador is most frequent in: Central Luzon, where 22 percent live, National Capital Region, where 16 percent live and Calabarzon, where 13 percent live. Besides The Philippines this surname occurs in 149 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 15 percent live and Mexico, where 15 percent live.

Salvador Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Salvador has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Salvador last name grew 16,493 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Salvador Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Salvador are 42.08% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.31% being registered with the party.

The amount Salvador earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 32.08% less than the national average, earning €20,397 per year; in Norway they earn 6.42% less than the national average, earning 323,851 kr per year; in Peru they earn 17.66% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,962 per year; in South Africa they earn 29.66% more than the national average, earning R 308,112 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.34% more than the national average, earning $26,184,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.38% more than the national average, earning $43,315 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.47% more than the national average, earning $51,405 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salvadore941,440/
Salvaador944/
Salvadoor944/
Salvaddor944/
Ssalvador942/
Salvadord942/
Saalvador942/
Salvadorr941/
Sallvador941/
Ssalvadore891/
D'Salvador891/
Salbador88626/
Selvador8824/
Saluador8822/
Zalvador8814/
Salvadar8810/
Salvedor888/
Salvodor888/
Salwador885/
Salvadorova845/
Salvadare822/
Selvadour821/
Saluadore821/
Salbadore820/
Salvedar7520/
Zalbador751/
Selvedor751/
Salvodar751/
Celvedor6310/
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Salvador Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salvador in the Hindi language
सल्वाडोरsalvadora66.67
सलवाडोरsalavadora33.33
Salvador in the Marathi language
वाडोरvadora28.8
वादोरvadora21.2
सालवादोरsalavadora12.03
सालवाडोरsalavadora10.76
सलवादोरsalavadora6.01
सलवाडोरsalavadora4.43
सलवोदरsalavodara2.22
वदोरvadora2.22
वडोरvadora0.95
सलवडोरsalavadora0.95
सालोदरsalodara0.63
सालवदोरsalavadora0.63
शलवदरsalavadara0.63
सालवडोरsalavadora0.63
सॅलवाडोरselavadora0.63
सलवाडोsalavado0.63
सालदानाsaladana0.63
सालवाडोsalavado0.32
सेलोडोरselodora0.32
वाडॉरvadora0.32
सलवदोरsalavadora0.32
सवालदरsavaladara0.32
सरवादरsaravadara0.32
सॅलवॉडोरselavodora0.32
सलवदरsalavadara0.32
सळवाडोरsalavadora0.32
सालाडोरsaladora0.32
सलवादीरsalavadira0.32
सलावाडोरsalavadora0.32
सालवजाsalavaja0.32
साळावादोरsalavadora0.32
सलवडॉरsalavadora0.32
सलादरsaladara0.32
सलबोदारsalabodara0.32
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Salvador in the Russian language
Сальвадорsalvador-

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