Salvà Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Andorra

Salvà Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salvà Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain531:882,11434,832
Italy451:1,359,03878,318
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

The alternate forms: Salva (32,332), Salvá (190), Salvã (1), Şalva (325) & Šalva (1) are calculated separately.

Salvà Last Name Facts

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

The last name Salvà is found most in Spain. It can also appear in the variant forms: Salva, Salvá, Salvã, Şalva or Šalva. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Salvà? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,785,358th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Salvà reside; 93 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 51 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The last name Salvà is most common in Spain, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 882,114. In Spain Salvà is most common in: Catalonia, where 45 percent reside, Balearic Islands, where 40 percent reside and Valencian Community, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Spain this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 42 percent reside and Switzerland, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salva9332,332/
Salvá93190/
Salvã931/
Şalva87325/
Šalva871/
Salvo8028,225/
Salvó8013/
Salvò808/
Calvà801/
Salvat734,075/
Salvai731,767/
Salvas731,689/
Salvay73769/
Salvad73278/
Salvey73166/
Shalva7393/
Szalva7376/
Scalva7370/
Sailva7359/
Salvaj7347/
Saalva7337/
Salvos7333/
Scalvo7314/
Salvau737/
Salvah735/
Salvaa735/
Salvaz733/
Salvei732/
Salvot732/
Sealva731/
Salvou731/
Salvod731/
Salvìa731/
Salvoy730/
Salvoi730/
Shalvey67367/
Salvoch67139/
Shalvoy67135/
Shalvay6730/
Szalvay6717/
Salvatt6710/
Sailevo679/
Zsalvai678/
D'salvo676/
D'Salva676/
Salvaus675/
Sagliva673/
Shalvah673/
Sialvai671/
Salvait671/
Sahlvaz671/
Saallva671/
Salvhei671/
Szalvai671/
Salvaiz671/
Salvosh671/
Sailvai671/
Salvaha671/
Saullva671/
Salvach670/
Scalvey670/
Salvash670/

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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 Salvà
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