Salisbury is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Salisbury
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Salisbury

How popular is Salisbury?

Salisbury is common in United States.

Salisbury is ranked 19463 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Salisbury bearers increased by 3.632462 per cent in 2010 US census to 13038 since 2000, the surname slipped by 128 spots and ranked at 2768. The last name was found in around 44 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.41 92.85
Black 3.17 2.91
Hispanic or Latino 2.4 1.75
Others 1.85 1.32
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.65 0.71
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.52 0.46
Salisbury is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 26746 people have been found who wears Salisbury as their family name. Salisbury is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,296 Guyana9
103,755 Czech Republic5
2,011 South Korea4
4,384 Northern Ireland3
15,749 Finland3
22,232 Morocco3
14,078 Japan3
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
18,718 Thailand2
124,220 Italy2
34,572 Israel2
1,235 Belize2
8,859 Iraq1
17,575 Kuwait1
53,033 Nigeria1
120,357 Argentina1
28,365 Kenya1
7,847 Albania1
29,774 Venezuela1
1,704,541 India1
24,771 Colombia1
810,193 Indonesia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
21,562 Portugal1
66,560 Philippines1
2,057 Isle of Man1
5,553 Taiwan1
5,872 Namibia1
7,292 Vietnam1
42,479 Greece1
3,952 Yemen1
10,683 Cyprus1
6,688 Malawi1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
59,023 Tanzania49
9,255 Uruguay49
4,813 Hong Kong47
43,851 Netherlands44
36,547 Switzerland27
838 Guam24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
15,050 Singapore18
606 Guernsey18
1,163 Jersey17
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,906 Spain61
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Salisbury:
569 Wales643
1,415 New Zealand521
22,865 South Africa256
43,536 Germany235
2,934 Scotland223
17,404 Mexico209
61,459 France159
Countries with thousands of Salisbury:
1,418 England5,593
1,962 Australia1,612
4,251 Canada1,062
Countries with ten thousands of Salisbury:
2,561 United States15,683
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old immigrant Samuel Salisbury who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on October 3, 1849 by Enterprize put out from Liverpool. Catherine Salisbury, aged 23, 22 years old Francis Salisbury, are others that migrated to US.

Salisbury Namesakes

  • John of Salisbury, Author
  • James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury, Marquess of Salisbury
  • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Former British Prime Minister
  • James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, Marquess of Salisbury
  • Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English Politician
  • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Former British Prime Minister
  • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, Marquess of Salisbury
  • Mary Emma Salisbury Barse, Author
  • John of Salisbury, Author
  • Benjamin Salisbury, Actor

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