The Sala surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,386 people carried this name — #7,575 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 29% from 3,412 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sala surname
Variant of Szala.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sala» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 6,117 people named Sala 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
4,694 people named Sala have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,178 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,487 people named Sala.
584 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
876 people named Sala live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 57 people named Sala 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 Hainaut.
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 the Nordic population registers
168 people named Sala are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Sala in American newspapers,
1882–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 354,677 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sala,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Sala 1457–1529 · writer -
Angelo Sala 1576–1637 · physician -
Joan Sala i Ferrer 1594–1634 · bandit -
Nicola Sala 1713–1801 · composer -
Eliseo Sala 1813–1879 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 200 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sala.
- Sais 1,064 · U.S. census
- Saiter 127 · U.S. census
- Saiz 4,878 · U.S. census
- Sajous 412 · U.S. census
- Saker 447 · U.S. census
- Sako 568 · U.S. census
- Saladin 1,107 · U.S. census
- Saladino 1,921 · U.S. census
- Salah 1,783 · U.S. census
- Salama 1,613 · U.S. census
- Salami 886 · U.S. census
- Salamon 1,933 · U.S. census
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