as a Last Name
- 3,572
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Sala
Meaning & Origins
Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, southern French (Occitan), and Romanian: from sala ‘hall’, hence a topographic name or an occupational name for someone employed at a hall or manor house. Both the Italian and Catalan names may also be of habitational origin: in the case of Italian, from (amongst others) Sala Biellese (Biella province), Sala Consilina (Salerno province), and Sala Monferrato (Alessandria), and in the case of Catalan from places called Sala or La Sala. This name is very common in Catalonia.
| 9,094th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,572
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Connecticut
- has the most people named Sala per capita
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map