The Alla surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 452 people carried this name — #47,006 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 133% from 194 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 266 people named Alla.
73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Lozère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 82 people named Alla live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
61 people named Alla live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 29 people named Alla live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in La Pampa.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
56 people named Alla is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Alla,
with a public archive behind them.
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Armin Alla 1911–1981 · photographer
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Myslym Alla 1919–1999 · association football coach
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Aavo Alla 1930–2009 · basketball official
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Madis Alla 1941–1989 · physicist
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Thierry Alla 1955–2023 · composer
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Mohamed Hemida Abd-Alla 1961– · botanist
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alla.
- Aliotti 200 · U.S. census
- Alis 109 · U.S. census
- Alise 124 · U.S. census
- Alison 718 · U.S. census
- Aliu 361 · U.S. census
- Alix 2,027 · U.S. census
- Allain 2,219 · U.S. census
- Allaire 1,823 · U.S. census
- Allam 629 · U.S. census
- Allaman 253 · U.S. census
- Allan 11,867 · U.S. census
- Allard 10,047 · U.S. census
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