Salovaara is a Finnish surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 92.0% of all known bearers of the surname Salovaara were residents of Finland (frequency 1:3,857), 3.1% of Sweden (1:205,141), 1.6% of Canada (1:1,471,920) and 1.4% of the United States (1:16,420,513).
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,857) in the following regions:Salovaara surname distribution Kymenlaakso (1:1,920) Pirkanmaa (1:2,702) Uusimaa (1:2,773) South Ostrobothnia (1:2,836) Päijänne Tavastia (1:3,196) Southwest Finland (1:3,653) Satakunta (1:3,745)
People Aarne Salovaara (1887–1945), Finnish gymnast and track and field athlete Barry Salovaara (born 1948), Canadian ice hockey player Juhani Salovaara (born 1931), Finnish sailor Väinö Salovaara (1888–1964), Finnish chief engineer and politician
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