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    The surname Palla

    An Italian surname, carried by 662 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palla is more common than 78.9% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    * 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”).

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 662 people named Palla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 466,383 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 538.

    #34,272
    rank among US surnames
    662
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23%
    change since 2000 (was #38,644)

    Who is named Palla

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    64% of people named Palla identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 27%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pallas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Stephan Palla
      Association footballer, born 1989
    • Eduard Palla
      Austrian botanist and mycologist (1864–1922)

    Notable Pallas come mostly from Austria (1) and Austria–Hungary (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Palla

    Palla has the Soundex code P400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P400.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Palla come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Palla?
    662 people in the United States had the surname Palla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 466,383 Americans. It ranked 34,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Palla?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Palla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Palla?
    Stephan Palla, Association footballer, followed by Eduard Palla.
    Where is the surname Palla most common?
    Wikidata records people named Palla in Austria and Austria–Hungary.
    Is the surname Palla getting more or less common?
    More common. 538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 662 in 2010, up 23%.