Palla

See also: palla and pallá

English

Etymology

• As an Italian surname, borrowed from Italian Palla.
• As a Catalan and Galician surname, from palla (“straw”).
• As a Hungarian surname, variant of Pál.
• As an Indian/Punjabi Sikh surname, borrowed from Hindi पाल्ला (pāllā, “edge of a garment”).

Proper noun

Palla (plural Pallas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Palla is the 34272^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 662 individuals. Palla is most common among White (64.2%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (27.49%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Palla”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

From the noun palla (“ball”).

Proper noun

Palla m or f by sense

1. a surname