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.
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 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
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
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.
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Jacques Saly 1717–1776 · sculptor -
Endre Saly 1872–1955 · politician
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Viktor Saly 1877–1917 · photographer
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László Saly 1881–1958 · Catholic priest
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László Saly Németh 1920–2001 · painter
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Judith Saly 1921–2022 · psychologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Saly.
- Salvetti 444 · U.S. census
- Salvi 1,156 · U.S. census
- Salvia 676 · U.S. census
- Salvin 140 · U.S. census
- Salvini 249 · U.S. census
- Salvo 2,656 · U.S. census
- Salzmann 681 · U.S. census
- Sam 12,053 · U.S. census
- Sama 854 · U.S. census
- Samar 303 · U.S. census
- Samara 872 · U.S. census
- Samb 276 · U.S. census
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.
