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

The Salvi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,156 people carried this name — #22,301 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,045 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,607 people named Salvi 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 805
Córdoba 161
Tucumán 128
City of Buenos Aires 110
Santa Fe 94
Santiago del Estero 75
Mendoza 74
Chaco 55

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 1,209 people named Salvi.

371 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 départements, most often Doubs.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 371
Doubs 182
Isère 80
Paris 63
Meurthe-et-Moselle 56
Ain 45
Gard 39
Bouches-du-Rhône 38
Jura 31

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

551 people named Salvi live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 126
Neuchâtel 81
Bern 81
Ticino 64
Geneva 48
Zurich 33
Fribourg 24
Solothurn 23

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 64 people named Salvi 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 Hainaut.

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

Where they live today

Hainaut 36
Limburg 22
Liège 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

42 people named Salvi is counted in Finland.

Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 42

Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Salvi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
    Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato 1609–1685 · painter
  • Gerolamo Salvi
    Gerolamo Salvi 1804–1878
  • Michelangelo Salvi 1601–1700 · historian
  • Fulvio Salvi 1658–1727 · Catholic priest
  • Antonio Salvi 1664–1724 · writer
  • Nicola Salvi 1697–1751 · architect

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Salvi is.
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