# Salles (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/salles/  
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 | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 601 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,125 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 513,720 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (579 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from French Salles. * Borrowed from Catalan Sallés.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Salles 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 20% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Salles in Brazil.

## People named Salles

- Walter Salles, Brazilian film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Mauricio Salles, Brazilian association football player
- João Moreira Salles, Brazilian film director (born 1962)

## Similar surnames

Salas, Seals, Sales, Sells, Sills, Sauls, Sayles, Soles, Seales, Salais, Salls, Sallis.

## 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.