# Palla (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/palla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 662 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,272 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 466,383 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (538 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Italian surname, borrowed from Italian Palla. * As a Catalan and Galician surname, from palla (“straw”). * As a Hungarian surname, variant of Pál. * As a Telugu surname, borrowed from Telugu పల్ల (palla) or Telugu పాళ్ళ (pāḷḷa). * As a Punjabi Sikh surname, borrowed from Punjabi ਪੱਲਾ (pallā, “edge of a garment”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Palla in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 64% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 27% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Palla in Austria and Austria–Hungary.

## People named Palla

- Stephan Palla, Association footballer
- Eduard Palla, Austrian botanist and mycologist (1864–1922)

## Similar surnames

Paul, Pal, Pahl, Paull, Pilla, Pillai, Paula, Palo, Pall, Pala, Pallo, Pillay.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.