Explore the Family Name Salvesen

The meaning of Salvesen

Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Salve (Old Norse Salvi), probably formed with Old Norse salr ‘house, hall’ + ve(r) ‘giant, hero’. Compare Salveson and Salverson. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Britt, Fredrik, Nils.

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How common is the last name Salvesen in the United States?

The Salvesen surname has seen modest changes in its popularity over the decade between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The rank of the name slipped slightly from 34,210 in 2000 to 35,057 in 2010, a decrease of 2.48 percent. However, the actual count of individuals with the Salvesen surname increased by 2.55 percent, growing from 627 in 2000 to 643 in 2010. Despite this growth, the proportion of the Salvesen surname per 100,000 people saw a marginal decrease of 4.35 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,210	#35,057	-2.48%
Count	627	643	2.55%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.22	-4.35%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Salvesen

In terms of ethnic identity, the majority of individuals with the Salvesen surname identified as White, although this percentage saw a slight decrease from 98.09 percent in 2000 to 95.96 percent in 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. There was an increase in the percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, rising from 0.80 percent in 2000 to 1.24 percent in 2010. The census also recorded a new presence of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010, that was not present in the 2000 data. No individuals with the Salvesen surname identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.09%	95.96%	-2.17%
Hispanic	0%	1.71%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.8%	1.24%	55%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%