The Salinas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 81,156 people carried this name — #393 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,640 people counted. That is up 32% from 61,582 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Salinas surname
From salina (“salt mine”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Salinas» (Spanish), 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 54,755 people named Salinas 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 482 people named Salinas.
205 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
173 people named Salinas live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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 the Nordic population registers
114 people named Salinas 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
Salinas in American newspapers,
1873–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 180,366 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Salinas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonino Salinas 1841–1914 · university teacher -
Galo Salinas 1852–1926 · writer -
Emilio Salinas 1864–1924 · military personnel -
Pedro Salinas 1891–1951 · writer -
Gustavo Salinas Camiña 1893–1964 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 212 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salinas.
- 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
- Salina 613 · 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
- Sallard 157 · U.S. census
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