Salvesen is used as a family name or surname in Norway. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Salvesen
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Norway
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Salvesen

How popular is Salvesen?

Salvesen is common in Norway.

Salvesen is ranked 124352 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Salvesen bearers increased by 2.551834 per cent in 2010 US census to 643 since 2000, the surname slipped by 847 spots and ranked at 35057. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.96 98.09
Hispanic or Latino 1.71 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.24 0.8
Salvesen is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Norway which may be its originating country too. Around 3203 people have been found who wears Salvesen as their family name. Salvesen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
124,420 Spain3
19,093 Finland2
118,441 Germany2
26,123 Malaysia2
21,529 Singapore2
9,498 Iceland1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
123,175 Tanzania1
8,181 Botswana1
3,307 Malta1
30,360 Thailand1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,834 Australia39
37,591 Belgium37
124,653 Canada20
22,809 New Zealand19
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,034 Denmark74
14,205 Sweden65
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Salvesen:
35,672 United States802
30,064 South Africa183
29,416 England156
Countries with thousands of Salvesen:
263 Norway1,725
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Salvesen Namesakes

  • Britt Salvesen, Author
  • Kine Salvesen, Actress
  • Edward Theodore Salvesen, Lawyer
  • Raleigh Salvesen, Jeremy Salvesen's son
  • Rune Salvesen, Author

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