Pala

Pala

See also: pala and pala-

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Italian Pala, a topographic surname for someone who lived near an upland meadow.
• Borrowed from Catalan Palà, a habitational surname from a town near Barcelona.
• Borrowed from Polish Pala, from a vernacular name of the given name Pawel.
• Borrowed from Czech Pála, a nickname for an obstinate person.
• Borrowed from Turkish Pala, from pala (“scimitar”).
• Borrowed from Hindi पाला (pālā).

Proper noun

Pala (plural Palas)

1. A surname​.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pala is the 35993^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 623 individuals. Pala is most common among White (58.43%), Hispanic/Latino (19.74%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (19.58%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003) , “Pala”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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Italian

Etymology

A topographic surname for someone who lived near an upland meadow.

Proper noun

Pala ?

1. A surname​.