# Sales (surname)

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

A surname from Catalan.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Catalan |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,439 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,418 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,576 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (8,725 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish, from Catalan sales.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sales 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) | 39% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 20% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 15% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sales in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Sales

- Soupy Sales, American comedian, actor and radio/television personality (1926-2009)
- Heitor de Araújo Sales, Brazilian archbishop
- Hunt Sales, American drummer
- Rubens Sales, Brazilian association football player (1891-1934)
- Thaila Ayala, Brazilian actress
- Jucilene de Lima, Brazilian female javelin throwers

## Similar surnames

Salas, Seals, Sauls, Sayles, Soles, Seales, Soules, Salais, Salls, Sallis, Salles, Scales.

## 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.