Salo is used as a family name or surname in Finland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Salo
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Finland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Salo

How popular is Salo?

Salo is common in Finland.

Salo is ranked 15035 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Salo bearers increased by 5.091431 per cent in 2010 US census to 2931 since 2000, the surname slipped by 318 spots and ranked at 10871. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.46 92.4
Hispanic or Latino 4.95 2.87
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.05 1.36
Others 1.74 2.51
Black 1.26 0.22
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.55 0.65
Salo is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Finland which signifies that it is originated from Finland. Around 35017 people have been found who wears Salo as their family name. Salo is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,929 Azerbaijan7
13,220 Thailand6
5,340 Iceland6
1,893 Angola5
7,594 Pakistan5
114,007 Czech Republic4
4,333 Puerto Rico3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
32,695 Nigeria3
1,650 Niger3
8,926 Cameroon3
2,672 Mozambique3
23,344 Austria2
19,046 Ireland2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
12,161 Wales2
17,692 Armenia2
20,595 China2
20,186 Kenya2
21,929 Algeria2
26,532 Chile2
4,944 Bosnia2
24,269 Peru2
24,766 Scotland2
13,552 Qatar2
1,136 Mali2
261 Solomon Islands2
21,529 Singapore2
28,232 Morocco2
62,864 New Zealand1
40,340 Malaysia1
9,591 Panama1
7,941 Guatemala1
13,606 Senegal1
734 Chad1
10,958 Bangladesh1
58,885 Poland1
17,575 Kuwait1
2,505 Congo1
10,683 Cyprus1
14,644 Tunisia1
12,270 Lebanon1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,935 Madagascar1
7,895 South Korea1
29,774 Venezuela1
3,307 Malta1
2,578 Guam1
17,236 Ghana1
25,721 Egypt1
12,741 Ecuador1
4,249 Cambodia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,739 Georgia41
46,461 Netherlands40
28,564 Switzerland36
15,364 Moldova31
11,444 Portugal28
21,547 Kyrgyzstan27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,285 Kazakhstan91
117,149 France73
11,471 Norway66
9,137 Denmark64
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
39,090 Australia54
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Salo:
5,383 Spain798
16,522 Indonesia716
18,203 Brazil715
1,418 Sweden711
6,958 Canada606
8,635 Mexico576
11,889 South Africa530
23,918 Germany437
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
3,214 Jordan308
19,920 Argentina269
91,520 India247
38,007 Italy224
24,716 Turkey210
3,984 Tajikistan203
10,005 Belarus152
1,555 Estonia138
9,170 Israel118
33,673 Tanzania109
38,707 England108
Countries with thousands of Salo:
1,233 Ukraine4,008
9,960 United States3,669
5,351 Philippines2,578
12,224 Russia1,464
1,201 Burkina Faso1,146
Countries with ten thousands of Salo:
15 Finland13,904
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Filomena Salo was 55 years old when she migrated to New York on January 13, 1896. She lived in Seggiano, Italy and took Victoria from Naples. Giovanna Salo, aged 35, Giuseppe Salo, aged 46, Maria Salo, aged 33, Marino Salo (26) Laborer, 25 years old Salvatore Salo, 30 years old U Salo, are others that migrated to US from Genoa, Naples and Antwerp.

Salo Namesakes

  • Aarne Salovaara, Olympic athlete
  • Aarne Salonen, Musical Artist
  • Guillermo Abrham Salomón, Beatriz Salomón's brother
  • Richard G. Salomon, Historian
  • Ossy Salonen, Musical Artist
  • Adriana Salonia, Actress
  • Ahti Salo, Mathematician
  • Ahti M. Salonen, Politician
  • Elina Salo, Film actress
  • Alejandro Salomon, Film producer
  • Sampsa Salo characterized the leading role of Rehtori in 2017 horror, sci-fi film Prioni.

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