Find out how popular the last name Salvación is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Salvación.

Salvación, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Salvación surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Salvación in America

Salvación is the 77264th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Salvación surname appeared 248 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Salvación.

We can also compare 2010 data for Salvación to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Salvación

The surname Salvacion is of Spanish origin, and it can be traced back to the late 15th century in the region of Castile, Spain. The name is derived from the Spanish word "salvación," which means "salvation" or "deliverance," and it likely originated as a nickname or a descriptive name for someone who had been saved from harm or danger.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Salvacion surname can be found in the 16th-century baptismal records of the town of Valladolid, where several individuals with this surname were listed. It is also mentioned in the "Catastro de Ensenada," a census-like document from 1752 that recorded the names of landowners and their properties in various regions of Spain.

During the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th and 17th centuries, many individuals bearing the Salvacion surname migrated to the New World, particularly to Mexico and other parts of Latin America. Some notable historical figures with this surname include:

1. Juan de Salvacion (c. 1520-1590), a Spanish conquistador and explorer who participated in the conquest of Peru under Francisco Pizarro.
2. Pedro Salvacion de la Vega (1585-1648), a Spanish-born Catholic priest and missionary who worked among the indigenous populations in New Spain (present-day Mexico).
3. María Salvacion Ruiz (1630-1693), a renowned Spanish painter during the Baroque period, known for her religious works and portraits.
4. Diego Salvacion y Sánchez (1705-1776), a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Veracruz, Mexico, from 1758 to 1764.
5. Juana Salvacion de Jesús (1772-1842), a Spanish-born nun and mystic who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

The Salvacion surname can also be found in various place names throughout Spain, such as Salvacion de Oza, a small village in the province of Pontevedra, and Salvacion de Caballeros, a municipality in the province of Ciudad Real.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Salvación

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Salvación.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Salvación was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Salvación has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Salvación was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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