Sala Forename
9,829th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 104,111 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Samoa
Sala Forename Definition:
Say'-lah, branches, mission. One in the genealogy of Christ Luke iii. 35.
Sala Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 73% | 19,911 | 1:61,015 | 7,984 |
| Ethiopia | 73% | 9,132 | 1:10,683 | 1,566 |
| Nigeria | 65% | 8,377 | 1:21,197 | 2,125 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 7,423 | 1:21,482 | 2,396 |
| Niger | 67% | 6,750 | 1:2,842 | 402 |
| Thailand | 54% | 6,578 | 1:10,652 | 1,713 |
| DR Congo | 93% | 5,122 | 1:14,414 | 1,310 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 5,090 | 1:10,371 | 1,341 |
| Senegal | 94% | 4,273 | 1:3,412 | 373 |
| Benin | 88% | 3,208 | 1:3,297 | 637 |
| Indonesia | 53% | 3,007 | 1:85,788 | 9,922 |
| Burkina Faso | 97% | 2,552 | 1:7,202 | 849 |
| Pakistan | 59% | 2,157 | 1:90,106 | 4,185 |
| Ivory Coast | 94% | 1,695 | 1:13,614 | 1,362 |
| Fiji | - | 1,467 | 1:608 | 84 |
| Malawi | 93% | 1,396 | 1:12,258 | 1,281 |
| Nepal | 80% | 1,358 | 1:20,977 | 1,970 |
| Kosovo | - | 1,241 | 1:1,500 | 375 |
| Yemen | - | 1,110 | 1:23,691 | 972 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1,033 | 1:2,024 | 403 |
| Italy | 62% | 978 | 1:62,436 | 1,489 |
| Papua New Guinea | 84% | 973 | 1:8,379 | 859 |
| Samoa | - | 913 | 1:214 | 37 |
| Mali | 83% | 773 | 1:21,963 | 1,514 |
| Iraq | 100% | 729 | 1:48,035 | 1,712 |
| Ghana | 100% | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Mauritania | 97% | 609 | 1:6,725 | 637 |
| Philippines | 84% | 598 | 1:177,273 | 8,206 |
| United States | 90% | 545 | 1:665,205 | 15,987 |
| Egypt | 73% | 542 | 1:169,559 | 6,605 |
| Israel | 89% | 419 | 1:20,055 | 1,897 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 342 | 1:10,305 | 1,241 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Cambodia | 73% | 230 | 1:70,754 | 3,696 |
| Zambia | - | 198 | 1:80,075 | 4,163 |
| Iran | 70% | 177 | 1:443,485 | 5,674 |
| Afghanistan | 73% | 142 | 1:229,743 | 5,547 |
| Uganda | 91% | 129 | 1:317,496 | 8,972 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| England | 52% | 83 | 1:669,915 | 12,875 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 79 | 1:90,532 | 7,429 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Kazakhstan | 95% | 61 | 1:290,932 | 5,496 |
| Brazil | 88% | 60 | 1:3,570,603 | 62,327 |
| New Zealand | - | 59 | 1:76,882 | 3,591 |
| South Africa | 50% | 59 | 1:924,282 | 36,205 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Cameroon | 61% | 50 | 1:432,210 | 14,577 |
| Zimbabwe | 79% | 43 | 1:358,693 | 18,128 |
| France | 60% | 40 | 1:1,661,758 | 10,530 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| American Samoa | - | 34 | 1:1,642 | 233 |
| Liberia | 61% | 34 | 1:129,766 | 5,183 |
| Sweden | 93% | 33 | 1:298,724 | 9,079 |
| Canada | - | 32 | 1:1,035,418 | 20,413 |
| Malaysia | 59% | 32 | 1:951,561 | 34,118 |
| Haiti | 100% | 31 | 1:346,031 | 12,068 |
| Belgium | 95% | 30 | 1:383,001 | 6,933 |
| Taiwan | 71% | 29 | 1:819,644 | 35,170 |
| Argentina | 100% | 24 | 1:1,782,218 | 7,077 |
| Spain | - | 24 | 1:1,938,749 | 11,480 |
| Lebanon | 94% | 21 | 1:267,980 | 4,851 |
| Russia | 100% | 20 | 1:7,211,685 | 30,794 |
| China | - | 19 | 1:71,897,673 | 63,377 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Chile | - | 17 | 1:1,035,718 | 9,287 |
| Croatia | 100% | 17 | 1:248,063 | 3,890 |
| Germany | 69% | 16 | 1:6,042,367 | 23,110 |
| Greece | 100% | 16 | 1:683,409 | 7,898 |
| Australia | - | 15 | 1:910,508 | 11,282 |
| Turkey | 80% | 14 | 1:5,557,265 | 23,905 |
| Oman | 100% | 13 | 1:316,051 | 4,191 |
| Guinea | - | 11 | 1:1,078,059 | 3,355 |
| Kenya | 50% | 11 | 1:4,209,737 | 24,377 |
| Austria | 100% | 10 | 1:851,420 | 6,482 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 10 | 1:245,876 | 4,150 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 8 | 1:72,620 | 4,185 |
| Peru | 100% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Wales | 100% | 6 | 1:515,718 | 6,554 |
| Albania | 50% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Algeria | 100% | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Jordan | 74% | 5 | 1:1,765,355 | 7,450 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5 | 1:24,828,885 | 53,479 |
| Switzerland | 72% | 5 | 1:1,642,699 | 15,939 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5 | 1:6,040,379 | 77,223 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Norway | - | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Belarus | - | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bhutan | 50% | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Finland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Hungary | 59% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Netherlands | 67% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Şala (9), Salã (6) & Sála (1) are calculated separately.
Sala (176,354) may also be a surname.
Sala Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Say'-lah, branches, mission. One in the genealogy of Christ Luke iii. 35.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: Greek for Salah.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Sala Forename Popularity
Sala Demographics
Sala Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 104 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Sala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sala in the Russian language | ||
| Сала | sala | - |
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