The Salvo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,656 people carried this name — #11,793 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,534 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Salvo surname
Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan (Salvó) surname, all from the adjective salvo (“safe, saved”), or from its Latin source salvus (“safe”), found in names like Salvus and Salvone.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Salvo» (English), 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 3,345 people named Salvo 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 135 people named Salvo.
60 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
111 people named Salvo live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 87 people named Salvo 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Salvo in American newspapers,
1863.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 126,934 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Salvo,
with a public archive behind them.
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José de la Cruz Salvo 1842–1917 · lawyer -
Manny Salvo 1913–1997 · baseball player -
Juan Salvo y Vela d. 1720 · playwright
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Charles de Salvo 1787–1860 · writer
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Rosario Salvo 1823–1914 · historian
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Rosario Salvo 1823–1914 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salvo.
- Salvatori 289 · U.S. census
- Salvetti 444 · U.S. census
- Salvi 1,156 · U.S. census
- Salvia 676 · U.S. census
- Salvin 140 · U.S. census
- Salvini 249 · U.S. census
- Saly 212 · U.S. census
- Salzmann 681 · U.S. census
- Sam 12,053 · U.S. census
- Sama 854 · U.S. census
- Samar 303 · U.S. census
- Samara 872 · U.S. census
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