How common is the surname Sala?

4,386 people in the United States had the surname Sala in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,393 Americans. It ranked 7,575th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sala?

In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Sala identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sala?

Emiliano Sala, Argentine association football player (1990-2019), followed by Anri Sala.

Where is the surname Sala most common?

Wikidata records people named Sala in Argentina, France and Brazil.

Is the surname Sala getting more or less common?

More common. 3,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,386 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Sala

A surname, carried by 4,386 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sala is more common than 95.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,386 people named Sala in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,393 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,412.

#7,575

rank among US surnames

4,386

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+28.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,836)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,568	Maroney	4,390	70,329
#7,571	Lasher	4,389	70,345
#7,572	Sunderland	4,387	70,377
#7,575	Devera	4,386	70,393
#7,578	Wideman	4,385	70,409
#7,580	Mars	4,384	70,426

Who is named Sala

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

72% of people named Sala identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 6.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7%
Two or more races 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Salas

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Emiliano Sala
Argentine association football player (1990-2019)
Anri Sala
Albanian contemporary artist (born 1974)
Darío Sala
Argentine footballer, born 1974
Milagro Sala
Argentine politician, born 1964
Oscar Sala
Brazilian nuclear physicist (1922-2010)

Notable Salas come mostly from Argentina (3), France (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sala

Sala has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Questions

How common is the surname Sala?: 4,386 people in the United States had the surname Sala in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,393 Americans. It ranked 7,575th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sala?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Sala identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sala?: Emiliano Sala, Argentine association football player (1990-2019), followed by Anri Sala.
Where is the surname Sala most common?: Wikidata records people named Sala in Argentina, France and Brazil.
Is the surname Sala getting more or less common?: More common. 3,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,386 in 2010, up 29%.