The Salina surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 613 people carried this name — #36,477 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 608 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Salina surname
Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Salina.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Salina» (English), 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 7,550 people named Salina 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
79 people named Salina live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 58 people named Salina.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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.
Who carried it
People named Salina,
with a public archive behind them.
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Agostino Salina 1830–1906 · director -
Nadezhda Salina 1864–1956 · opera singer -
Nadezhda Salina 1864–1956 · opera singer
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Nicolas Salina d. 1514 · Catholic priest
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Barbara Bolognini Amorini 1793–1860 · painter
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Henri Salina 1926–2007 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salina.
- Saliba 2,245 · U.S. census
- Salic 187 · U.S. census
- Salice 117 · U.S. census
- Salih 1,339 · U.S. census
- Salim 2,364 · U.S. census
- Salin 414 · U.S. census
- Salinas 81,156 · U.S. census
- Saline 454 · U.S. census
- Saling 1,783 · U.S. census
- Salis 457 · U.S. census
- Sall 1,496 · U.S. census
- Salla 298 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Salina is.
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