The Salen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 299 people carried this name — #66,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 290 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 63 people named Salen.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
271 people named Salen is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Salen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Petter Salen 1909–1979
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Paul Salen 1949– · politician
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Katie Salen 1969– · animator
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Matilda Salen 1998– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salen.
- Saldo 163 · U.S. census
- Sale 3,591 · U.S. census
- Saleh 9,656 · U.S. census
- Salem 8,404 · U.S. census
- Salemi 1,365 · U.S. census
- Salemme 465 · U.S. census
- Salerno 9,440 · U.S. census
- Salery 102 · U.S. census
- Sales 10,439 · U.S. census
- Salet 100 · U.S. census
- Saley 301 · U.S. census
- Salgado 45,469 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Salen is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.