Salis surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Salis surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 457 people carried this name — #46,568 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 24% from 602 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 432 people named Salis.

81 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 81
Paris 35
Corsica 26
Marne 25
Landes 25
Bouches-du-Rhône 23
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 21
Gironde 21
Cantal 18

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

294 people named Salis live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

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Where they live today

Graubünden 114
Zurich 65
St. Gallen 19
Bern 18
Vaud 18
Thurgau 17
Aargau 11
Ticino 10

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 247 people named Salis 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 88
Tucumán 53
Córdoba 42
City of Buenos Aires 20
Santiago del Estero 16
Santa Fe 15
Salta 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

45 people named Salis have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 70 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 17
Warmian-Masurian 14
Masovian 7
Pomeranian 7

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

Who carried it

People named Salis,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Augusta de Salis
    Augusta de Salis d. 1929
  • Emanuel von Salis-Soglio d. 1863
  • Herbert Joseph Norman de Salis d. 1956
  • Henry William de Salis d. 1949
  • Maria Fane de Salis d. 1773
  • J. Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis d. 1886

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Salis.

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