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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpala]

Proper noun

Palla m anim (female equivalent Pallová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Palla (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Palla	Pallové
genitive	Pally	Pallů
dative	Pallovi	Pallům
accusative	Pallu	Pally
vocative	Pallo	Pallové
locative	Pallovi	Pallech
instrumental	Pallou	Pally

Further reading

• “Palla”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Italian

Etymology

From the noun palla (“ball”).

Proper noun

Palla m or f by sense

1. a surname