Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
SALVIN
There are approximately 138 people named Salvin in the UK. That makes it the 16,495th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 2 are named Salvin.
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The Salvin surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
SALVIN. The Durluvm family are descended from Sir Osbert Silvayne, of Norton Woodhouse, in the forest of Shei'wood, who nourished 29. Henry III. Mr. Shirley says, that some of the name (which he supposes to be derived from that silca, or forest), were seated at Norton before the year 1140. Noble and Gentle Men of England. This name was latinized De Salicosa Vena.