Sales Surname
Approximately 327,750 people bear this surname
Sales Surname Definition:
'Sone thay sembled in sale Bathe Kynges and Cardenale.'
Instances of the surname are found in every important 13th century roll.
Read More About This SurnameSales Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 210,991 | 1:1,015 | 122 |
| Philippines | 40,015 | 1:2,530 | 179 |
| Guatemala | 13,907 | 1:1,156 | 202 |
| United States | 11,601 | 1:31,244 | 3,889 |
| Spain | 7,324 | 1:6,383 | 792 |
| Mozambique | 6,798 | 1:4,010 | 928 |
| England | 3,755 | 1:14,838 | 2,189 |
| Angola | 3,747 | 1:7,203 | 937 |
| Mexico | 3,296 | 1:37,660 | 2,203 |
| Portugal | 2,859 | 1:3,644 | 433 |
| Bangladesh | 2,794 | 1:57,035 | 2,975 |
| France | 2,643 | 1:25,132 | 3,001 |
| Egypt | 1,800 | 1:51,075 | 4,987 |
| Argentina | 1,740 | 1:24,565 | 2,052 |
| Peru | 1,596 | 1:19,915 | 2,339 |
| Canada | 1,305 | 1:28,234 | 3,732 |
| India | 1,230 | 1:623,630 | 29,776 |
| Honduras | 1,128 | 1:7,816 | 575 |
| Australia | 904 | 1:29,863 | 4,007 |
| El Salvador | 891 | 1:7,120 | 591 |
| Italy | 838 | 1:72,979 | 12,864 |
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| South Africa | 568 | 1:95,383 | 11,645 |
| Indonesia | 332 | 1:398,341 | 33,813 |
| Pakistan | 300 | 1:595,480 | 9,533 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Kenya | 266 | 1:173,609 | 13,168 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Cuba | 201 | 1:57,327 | 2,233 |
| Bahrain | 176 | 1:7,663 | 1,429 |
| Thailand | 172 | 1:410,688 | 72,080 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| New Zealand | 163 | 1:27,781 | 4,855 |
| Netherlands | 158 | 1:106,881 | 17,196 |
| Paraguay | 156 | 1:46,389 | 1,373 |
| Papua New Guinea | 132 | 1:61,771 | 8,000 |
| Scotland | 130 | 1:41,183 | 3,837 |
| Colombia | 125 | 1:382,193 | 6,306 |
| Ecuador | 123 | 1:129,316 | 6,755 |
| Taiwan | 123 | 1:190,608 | 1,654 |
| Tanzania | 115 | 1:460,362 | 31,974 |
| Germany | 113 | 1:712,438 | 54,203 |
| Israel | 105 | 1:81,501 | 9,827 |
| Wales | 98 | 1:31,577 | 3,178 |
| Uruguay | 95 | 1:36,124 | 4,185 |
| Venezuela | 87 | 1:347,173 | 7,570 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | 1:122,740 | 5,063 |
| Malaysia | 75 | 1:393,256 | 20,576 |
| Namibia | 75 | 1:32,125 | 4,827 |
| Belgium | 72 | 1:159,676 | 22,068 |
| Suriname | 70 | 1:7,895 | 1,936 |
| Chile | 64 | 1:275,257 | 8,123 |
| Brunei | 61 | 1:6,864 | 951 |
| Denmark | 59 | 1:95,673 | 9,081 |
| Vietnam | 55 | 1:1,684,474 | 2,130 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Malta | 48 | 1:8,964 | 551 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Sweden | 39 | 1:252,481 | 17,476 |
| Ireland | 37 | 1:127,269 | 6,194 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Hong Kong | 29 | 1:252,948 | 3,050 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Cambodia | 23 | 1:673,354 | 4,690 |
| Greece | 23 | 1:481,730 | 61,288 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| South Korea | 10 | 1:5,124,026 | 903 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 1:96,757 | 6,198 |
| Macau | 6 | 1:100,272 | 488 |
| Puerto Rico | 6 | 1:591,690 | 3,707 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Jamaica | 5 | 1:573,989 | 10,196 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Belize | 3 | 1:118,491 | 3,439 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 36 | 1:123,052 | 7,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,812 | 1:13,452 | 2,030 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:249,548 | 8,553 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,940 | 1:25,886 | 3,182 |
The alternate forms: Saleš (97), Salès (24), Salés (14), Säles (12), Sáles (10) & Salês (1) are calculated separately.
Sales (4,264) may also be a first name.
Sales Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the sale,' i.e. the hall. Halliwell quotes:
'Sone thay sembled in sale Bathe Kynges and Cardenale.'
Instances of the surname are found in every important 13th century roll.
Robert a la Sale, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Nicholas de la Sale, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
William de la Sale, ibid.
Robert de la Sale, bailiff of Norwich, 1327: History of Norfolk.
Ralph de la Sale, Close Rolls, 56 Henry III.
John de la Sale. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.
With excrescent 's' in Sales, compare Briggs, Brooks, Sykes, Styles, &c, a common adjunct of one-syllabled local surnames, possibly genitive.
1598. Henry Sales and Abigail Brabye: Marriage Lic. (London).
1745. Buried — John Sale: St. John the Baptist (Wallbrook).
Genit., and pl., of Sale, q.v.
(English) Dweller in, or near, a hall; one who worked in the dining hall; one who came from Sale (sallow), in Cheshire.
Anglo-Saxon sel, sele, &c. French, salle, a hall. "Between 1332 and 1348, the name borne by the famous knight commemorated by Froissart, and who was killed by the insurgents near Norwich, in 1381, is severally written De la Sale, De Salle, De Aula, De la Saule, De Halle, Saul, and Halle." Notes and Queries, v. 291. The North Wilts family of Hale of Bradford also wrote themselves De Aula and De la Sale. "Halle, alias De la Sale, dwellith in a pretty stone house at the east end of the town, on the right bank of Avon: a man of £100 lands by the year: an ancient gentleman since the time of Edward I." Leland's Itinerary.
Sahl, or saal, in German, signifies a hall or court. French, salle. The name may be local, and derived from the river Sale, in France, or Saal, a river in Bavaria.
This name is found written De la Sale, De Salle, De Aula, De la Saule, De Halle, Saul, and Halle, and is derived from Anglo-Saxon sel, sele, a hall, French salle.
Sale is a name that has been represented for ages in this county. About the time of Edward I., Thomas, son of William De la Sale, held twelve acres of land in Ickleford (Cus.). There was a Robert De la Sale of St. Albans, in the reign of Edward III. (CL). George Sale, the translator of the Koran, was son of a London merchant; he died at Great Marlow, Bucks, in 1737 (CL). According to Cussans, the Hertfordshire Sales hailed from Scotland nearly two centuries ago, and he mentions Francis Sale, a gentleman who was married at Ashwell in 1694. Their early origin, however, may more probably be found within the limits of this county. The present Sales hold extensive estates in Odsey Hundred (Cus.). Sale is also a Derbyshire and a Staffordshire name; in the former county it has probably often been confounded with Seal. Sale is a Cheshire township.
Sales Demographics
Average Male Sales Height
173.05 cm
Average Female Sales Height
160.31 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sales Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sales Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sales (Hindi: सलेस, Marathi: सालेस) is found most frequently in Brazil. It can also appear as: Saleš, Salès, Salés, Säles, Sáles or Salês. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sales? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,676th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 22,235 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Sales reside; 66 percent reside in South America and 64 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 106,086th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 4,264 people.
It is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 210,991 people, or 1 in 1,015. In Brazil Sales is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 17 percent reside, Ceará, where 12 percent reside and Bahia, where 11 percent reside. Other than Brazil it is found in 152 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 12 percent reside and Guatemala, where 4 percent reside.
Sales Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sales has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sales last name expanded 598 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 207 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 867 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 103 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Sales Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (50%) in Ireland and Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Sales last name are 3.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.17% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sales earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 21.75% less than the national average, earning €23,498 per year; in Norway they earn 13.29% less than the national average, earning 300,069 kr per year; in Peru they earn 36.77% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,258 per year; in South Africa they earn 55.03% more than the national average, earning R 368,412 per year; in Colombia they earn 23.71% less than the national average, earning $17,319,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.76% less than the national average, earning $39,800 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.83% more than the national average, earning $52,582 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sales Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sales in the Marathi language | ||
| सालेस | salesa | 88.89 |
| सॅलेस | selesa | 11.11 |
| Sales in the Hindi language | ||
| सलेस | salesa | 64.29 |
| सालेस | salesa | 14.29 |
| सालेश | salesa | 7.14 |
| सलेस्टीना | salestina | 7.14 |
| सलेसा | salesa | 7.14 |
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Sales Reference & Research
Sales DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
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Salles FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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