How common is the surname Sale?

3,591 people in the United States had the surname Sale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,978 Americans. It ranked 9,097th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sale?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Sale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Sale?

Chris Sale, American professional baseball player, followed by Tim Sale.

Where is the surname Sale most common?

Wikidata records people named Sale in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Sale getting more or less common?

More common. 3,511 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,591 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Sale

An English surname, carried by 3,591 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sale is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English sealh (“willow tree”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,591 people named Sale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,978 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,511.

#9,097

rank among US surnames

3,591

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,624)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,090	Nice	3,595	85,882
#9,092	Dart	3,594	85,906
#9,093	Rael	3,592	85,954
#9,097	Sale	3,591	85,978
#9,100	Blow	3,590	86,002
#9,104	Pavon	3,589	86,026

Who is named Sale

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

86% of people named Sale identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sales

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Sale
American professional baseball player, born 1989
Tim Sale
American comic artist (1956–2022)
Chic Sale
American entertainer (1885-1936)
Virginia Sale
American actress (1899–1992)
Richard Sale
American film director (1911–1993)
Robert Sale
British Army general; (1782-1845)

Notable Sales come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sale

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sale come from?: From Old English sealh (“willow tree”).
How common is the surname Sale?: 3,591 people in the United States had the surname Sale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,978 Americans. It ranked 9,097th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sale?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Sale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Sale?: Chris Sale, American professional baseball player, followed by Tim Sale.
Where is the surname Sale most common?: Wikidata records people named Sale in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Sale getting more or less common?: More common. 3,511 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,591 in 2010, up 2.3%.