The Salmi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 950 people carried this name — #25,889 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 907 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 335 people named Salmi.
Most of them — 203 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Essonne.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 208 people named Salmi 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 Misiones.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 188 people named Salmi 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Salmi live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 the Nordic population registers
7,727 people named Salmi are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Salmi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hulda Salmi 1879–1949 · politician -
Mario Salmi 1889–1980 · art historian -
Mario Salmi 1889–1980 · art historian
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Kerttu Salmi 1901–1977 · actor -
Rauni Salmi d. 1977 · athletics competitor
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Ida Salmi 1885–1974 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salmi.
- Sallette 156 · U.S. census
- Salley 5,392 · U.S. census
- Sallier 125 · U.S. census
- Sallin 103 · U.S. census
- Salm 1,076 · U.S. census
- Salmeron 7,191 · U.S. census
- Salmon 14,511 · U.S. census
- Salom 363 · U.S. census
- Salome 926 · U.S. census
- Salomon 6,745 · U.S. census
- Salomone 819 · U.S. census
- Salon 279 · U.S. census
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