Salato is a surname.
The Salato surname is generally considered to be of Italian origin. Ancestral records date the surname back many centuries within Italy.
The oldest reference to the surname was a decree to Constantino Salato from Guaimar IV of Salerno dated July 7, 1039. Giuseppe Salati, L'Antica Gioi - Historical informations, 1911, published by "La Meridionale", Bari, Italy
Notable people with the surname include:
Allesandro Salato, Bishop of Minori from 1498 to 1509
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