Saly surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Saly surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 212 people carried this name — #87,663 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 204 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 179 people named Saly.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Pyrénées-Orientales 64
Aude 41
Haute-Garonne 14
Moselle 11
Lot 7
Bas-Rhin 6
Haut-Rhin 4
Paris 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

23 people named Saly live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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

Aargau 15
Zurich 5
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Saly,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacques Saly
    Jacques Saly 1717–1776 · sculptor
  • Endre Saly 1872–1955 · politician
  • Viktor Saly 1877–1917 · photographer
  • László Saly 1881–1958 · Catholic priest
  • László Saly Németh 1920–2001 · painter
  • Judith Saly 1921–2022 · psychologist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Saly is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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