The Salvador surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,021 people carried this name — #2,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,700 people counted. That is up 48% from 8,827 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,190 people named Salvador 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 1,366 people named Salvador.
511 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Hérault.
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
352 people named Salvador live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Salvador 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
28 people named Salvador 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
Salvador in American newspapers,
1874–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 180,280 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Salvador,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joan Salvador i Riera 1683–1726 · naturalist -
Amós Salvador Rodrigáñez 1845–1922 · politician -
José María Salvador y Barrera 1851–1919 · politician -
Heliodora Salvador Font 1857–1934 · actor -
Santiago Salvador Franch 1864–1894
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 172 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salvador.
- Salotti 215 · U.S. census
- Salse 111 · U.S. census
- Saltiel 220 · U.S. census
- Saltzmann 131 · U.S. census
- Salva 1,474 · U.S. census
- Salvado 159 · U.S. census
- Salvadori 253 · U.S. census
- Salvage 421 · U.S. census
- Salvaggio 1,547 · U.S. census
- Salvant 406 · U.S. census
- Salvat 214 · U.S. census
- Salvati 1,085 · U.S. census
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