Frequency: (931)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Italian: from the personal name Salvo (‘safe’).
2. Catalan (Salvó): possibly from a personal name, a pet form of the Latin personal name Salvus.
3. Spanish and Portuguese: possibly a nickname from salvo ‘saved’.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 15%. Angelo (9), Salvatore (7), Antonio (5), Vito (4), Carlo (2), Leonardo (2), Natale (2), Sal (2), Albertina, Biagio, Calogero, Carmelo.
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