The Salerno surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,440 people carried this name — #3,751 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 9,346 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Salerno surname
From Latin Salernum, from one of the city's Etruscan names.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Salerno» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,128 people named Salerno live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
513 people named Salerno live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 376 people named Salerno.
Most of them — 272 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 134 people named Salerno live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
25 people named Salerno 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).
In print
Salerno in American newspapers,
1845–1945.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,070 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Salerno,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Ricca Salerno 1849–1912 · economist -
Nicola Salerno 1897–1983 · politician -
Nicola Salerno 1910–1969 · composer -
Anthony Salerno 1911–1992 -
Francesco Carmelo Salerno 1925–1998 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 139 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salerno.
- 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
- Salen 299 · 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
- Salha 205 · U.S. census
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