Last Name SALES

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Meaning Local: Of the sale, i.e. the hall, a dining-hall.
Local: A the sayles, i.e. the hurdles. 'Sales,' the upright stakes of a hurdle.' The name has remained in county York at least 600 years.
'Sahl,' or 'saal,' in German, signifies a hall or court. French, 'salle.' The name may be local, and derived from the river Sale, in France, or Saal, a river in Bavaria.
Origin English, Jewish, Indian, Spanish, Irish, Portuguese, Hungarian

Rank 3,733 (2000 US census) 3,477 (1990 US census)
Count 8,725 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 44.85%, or 3913 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 25.41%, or 2217 total occurrences, as black,
  • 13.31%, or 1161 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.83%, or 72 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.28%, or 286 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 12.33%, or 1076 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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