Sala Surname
Approximately 176,354 people bear this surname
Sala Surname User-submission:
The Sala surname derives from one of the various place names, such as Sala Comacina, Sala al Barro, Sala Biellese, Sala Monferrato, Salaparuta. Sala comes from the Langobardian word, meaning of 'court', 'building', or from the pre-Latin, meaning of 'canal', 'marshy land'.
Read More About This SurnameSala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 57,511 | 1:1,063 | 32 |
| Spain | 16,098 | 1:2,904 | 343 |
| Niger | 11,318 | 1:1,696 | 199 |
| Philippines | 8,238 | 1:12,289 | 1,245 |
| DR Congo | 8,147 | 1:9,068 | 1,119 |
| India | 7,599 | 1:100,943 | 6,627 |
| Argentina | 6,271 | 1:6,816 | 683 |
| Nigeria | 5,680 | 1:31,187 | 2,602 |
| Poland | 5,479 | 1:6,937 | 871 |
| Angola | 5,127 | 1:5,264 | 734 |
| United States | 4,832 | 1:75,012 | 8,605 |
| France | 4,170 | 1:15,929 | 1,699 |
| Thailand | 3,178 | 1:22,227 | 1,965 |
| Brazil | 3,101 | 1:69,034 | 2,565 |
| Turkey | 1,703 | 1:45,697 | 4,620 |
| Albania | 1,677 | 1:1,738 | 276 |
| Romania | 1,585 | 1:12,667 | 1,606 |
| Mexico | 1,495 | 1:83,028 | 3,434 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Cameroon | 1,415 | 1:14,678 | 1,993 |
| Indonesia | 1,212 | 1:109,116 | 11,172 |
| Switzerland | 985 | 1:8,338 | 1,370 |
| Bangladesh | 901 | 1:176,867 | 6,245 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Paraguay | 862 | 1:8,395 | 522 |
| Pakistan | 858 | 1:208,210 | 5,023 |
| Egypt | 854 | 1:107,653 | 8,985 |
| Saudi Arabia | 835 | 1:36,953 | 5,288 |
| Morocco | 818 | 1:42,147 | 6,853 |
| Dominican Republic | 639 | 1:16,327 | 1,146 |
| Iran | 632 | 1:121,491 | 11,319 |
| Colombia | 484 | 1:98,707 | 3,599 |
| Benin | 446 | 1:23,174 | 3,110 |
| Israel | 438 | 1:19,538 | 2,912 |
| Venezuela | 431 | 1:70,079 | 2,996 |
| Canada | 426 | 1:86,492 | 9,570 |
| Papua New Guinea | 412 | 1:19,791 | 2,070 |
| Solomon Islands | 394 | 1:1,472 | 87 |
| Netherlands | 389 | 1:43,412 | 7,384 |
| Uruguay | 377 | 1:9,103 | 1,023 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Congo | 357 | 1:13,975 | 1,757 |
| Ivory Coast | 352 | 1:65,543 | 3,758 |
| Australia | 345 | 1:78,248 | 9,133 |
| Cuba | 335 | 1:34,396 | 1,664 |
| Latvia | 295 | 1:6,949 | 973 |
| England | 267 | 1:208,682 | 17,974 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| Germany | 245 | 1:328,594 | 32,651 |
| Afghanistan | 227 | 1:141,644 | 3,130 |
| Portugal | 226 | 1:46,098 | 2,654 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| Taiwan | 180 | 1:130,249 | 1,188 |
| Belgium | 178 | 1:64,588 | 10,378 |
| Greece | 176 | 1:62,953 | 10,541 |
| Tanzania | 174 | 1:304,262 | 23,403 |
| Ecuador | 172 | 1:92,476 | 6,018 |
| Peru | 157 | 1:202,447 | 9,306 |
| Chile | 130 | 1:135,511 | 4,777 |
| Austria | 119 | 1:71,558 | 10,916 |
| Malaysia | 112 | 1:263,341 | 14,729 |
| North Macedonia | 105 | 1:20,014 | 2,718 |
| Estonia | 100 | 1:13,218 | 2,037 |
| Kenya | 98 | 1:471,223 | 24,622 |
| Zambia | 90 | 1:176,110 | 12,058 |
| Burkina Faso | 89 | 1:206,203 | 4,436 |
| South Africa | 85 | 1:637,385 | 47,411 |
| Jordan | 80 | 1:110,530 | 7,397 |
| Andorra | 71 | 1:1,181 | 199 |
| Sweden | 70 | 1:140,668 | 9,936 |
| Kosovo | 64 | 1:29,092 | 2,943 |
| Finland | 63 | 1:87,249 | 9,246 |
| New Zealand | 61 | 1:74,235 | 10,965 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Czechia | 53 | 1:200,631 | 28,987 |
| Mauritania | 48 | 1:85,310 | 5,518 |
| Panama | 48 | 1:81,505 | 3,340 |
| American Samoa | 47 | 1:1,186 | 177 |
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 1:335,614 | 32,404 |
| Slovakia | 42 | 1:127,058 | 23,432 |
| Ireland | 35 | 1:134,541 | 6,387 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Hungary | 25 | 1:392,651 | 27,081 |
| Scotland | 25 | 1:214,153 | 11,205 |
| Yemen | 25 | 1:1,057,012 | 11,599 |
| Norway | 24 | 1:214,262 | 24,079 |
| Syria | 22 | 1:877,319 | 6,367 |
| China | 20 | 1:68,366,078 | 3,721 |
| Nicaragua | 19 | 1:316,899 | 3,057 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| Costa Rica | 17 | 1:281,181 | 3,072 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Algeria | 16 | 1:2,414,472 | 44,357 |
| Cambodia | 16 | 1:967,947 | 5,331 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Puerto Rico | 8 | 1:443,767 | 3,219 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1:116,108 | 6,306 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 159 | 1:315,841 | 24,783 |
The alternate forms: Şala (313), Šala (127), Salã (24), Sála (11), Salà (6), Śala (1), Salá (1), Salä (1) & Šála (140) are calculated separately.
Sala (104,111) may also be a first name.
Sala Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Sala surname derives from one of the various place names, such as Sala Comacina, Sala al Barro, Sala Biellese, Sala Monferrato, Salaparuta. Sala comes from the Langobardian word, meaning of 'court', 'building', or from the pre-Latin, meaning of 'canal', 'marshy land'. The second hypothesis would support the proliferation of many homonymous towns and population centers located near waterways.
The surname Sala dates back to the Middle Ages and seems specific to the central western part of northern Italy, especially Lombardy, with a possible stock in western Sicily.
- deleted-72043Sala Demographics
Average Male Sala Height
174.7 cm
Average Female Sala Height
162.41 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sala (Arabic: سلع, Bengali: সালা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻻ, Hindi: सला, Marathi: साला, Oriya: ସାଲା, Russian: Сала, Tibetan: ས་ལ་) has its highest incidence in Italy. It can also occur as a variant: Şala, Šala, Salã, Sála, Salà, Śala, Salá, Salä or Šála. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,197th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 41,323 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 51 percent of Sala are found; 42 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 33 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 9,829th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 104,111 people.
The surname is most numerous in Italy, where it is held by 57,511 people, or 1 in 1,063. In Italy it is primarily found in: Lombardy, where 82 percent are found, Emilia-Romagna, where 6 percent are found and Piedmont, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Italy this surname occurs in 152 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 9 percent are found and Niger, where 6 percent are found.
Sala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sala has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 3,039 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 2,427 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 625 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Muslim (54%) in Kenya, Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon and Muslim (82%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Sala surname are 2.16% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.07% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sala earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 24.21% more than the national average, earning €37,300 per year; in Norway they earn 26.16% less than the national average, earning 255,562 kr per year; in Peru they earn 198.51% more than the national average, earning S/. 57,866 per year; in South Africa they earn 37.32% less than the national average, earning R 148,944 per year; in Colombia they earn 23.17% less than the national average, earning $17,443,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.83% more than the national average, earning $46,960 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.81% more than the national average, earning $52,570 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sala in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଲା | sala | 87.37 |
| ସାଲ | sala | 3.89 |
| ସଲା | sala | 2.91 |
| ଶାଲା | sala | 2.29 |
| ସଲ | sala | 1.39 |
| ସାଳା | sala | 0.56 |
| ଶାଲ | sala | 0.49 |
| ସୁଲ | sula | 0.07 |
| ଚାଲା | cala | 0.07 |
| ଷାଳା | sala | 0.07 |
| ଷାଲା | sala | 0.07 |
| ସାଲୀ | sali | 0.07 |
| ସାରା | sara | 0.07 |
| େସାଲା | esala | 0.07 |
| ଶାଳା | sala | 0.07 |
| ମାଲା | mala | 0.07 |
| ଶାଳ | sala | 0.07 |
| Sala in the Hindi language | ||
| सला | sala | 79.77 |
| साला | sala | 17.09 |
| स्आला | sala | 0.57 |
| शैल | saila | 0.28 |
| सैला | saila | 0.28 |
| सालाज़् | salaz | 0.28 |
| षाल | sala | 0.28 |
| Sala in the Bengali language | ||
| সালা | sala | 75 |
| ছালা | chala | 20 |
| সৈলা | saila | 5 |
| Sala in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་ལ་ | sala | 50 |
| ས་ལ། | sala | 50 |
| Sala in the Marathi language | ||
| साला | sala | 43.51 |
| सला | sala | 32.98 |
| साळा | sala | 20.7 |
| साल | sala | 0.7 |
| सळा | sala | 0.35 |
| सलाा | salaa | 0.35 |
| Sala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﻻ | sala | 37.58 |
| ﺳﺎﻻ | sala | 26.06 |
| ﺻﻼ | sla | 14.55 |
| ﺻﺎﻟﻪ | salh | 8.48 |
| ﺻﺎﻝ | sal | 6.06 |
| ﺳﻼ | sla | 3.64 |
| ﺻﻠﻰ | sly | 1.21 |
| ﺻﺎﻟﻰ | saly | 0.61 |
| ﺳﺎﻝ | sal | 0.61 |
| Sala in the Russian language | ||
| Сала | sala | - |
| Sala in the Arabic language | ||
| سلع | sl | - |
| سعلا | sla | - |
| صالا | sala | - |
| صلا | sla | - |
| سالا | sala | - |
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