Sall
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Sall, Norfolk; also 'servant at the hall' or a pet-name, perhaps from Salaman; first attested Warin de Salle 1202
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/sal/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sall is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country, where it is the 14th most common surname.
- SNSenegal≈1 in 130(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 17K
- USUnited States1 in 222K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Senegal (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 205 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 130 (inferred from the name graph)
≈120,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Senegal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Sall, Norfolk; also 'servant at the hall' or a pet-name, perhaps from Salaman; first attested Warin de Salle 1202
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sall counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN Senegal | #14 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 130 | 101 | Sall | 72 |
| GN Guinea | — | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 524 | listed | — | 14 |
| FR France | — | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 17K | 430 | Sall | 205 |
| CN China | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 484K | — | Sall | 6 |
| ML Mali | #173 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 10K | 2 | Sall | 16 |
| US United States | — | 1,496 | 1 in 222K | 2K | Sall | 142 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1,192 | 1 in 8.6K | 1.2K | Sall | 10 |
| MR Mauritania | #18 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | 24K | Sall | 17 |
| SL Sierra Leone | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 6K | 1 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: The page discusses common family names in Mauritania, reflecting the rich cultural heritage and diverse history of the c; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; NEC/ECSL — 2018 Local Council, Chairperson and Mayor nominated candidates; the gn-sylla-patronymes register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sall is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, across, over to the other side, thither
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Luxembourgish, hall (large room)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kw, salty, saline
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, scarf
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ralph Sallb. 1950USAmerican composer
- Khalifa Sallb. 1956SNSenegalese politician
- Macky Sallb. 1961SN4th President of Senegal, formerly Prime Minister
- Oumar Sallb. 1966SNSenegalese writer
- Moustapha Sallb. 1967MRMauritanian football manager and player
- Aliou Sallb. 1969SNSenegalese politician
- Abdou Sallb. 1980SNSenegalese footballer
- Moustapha Bayal Sallb. 1985SNSenegalese footballer
- Marieme Faye Sallb. 2000SNFirst Lady of Senegal
- Adama SallSNSenegalese politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2K | #14,307 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.5K | #18,478 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.2K | #20,138 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 495 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 430 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 112 | — |
| SN Senegal | DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024) | 2024 | 101 | #19 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 82 | #8,451 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 13 | — |
| ML Mali | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 2 | #96 |
| SL Sierra Leone | NEC/ECSL — 2018 Local Council, Chairperson and Mayor nominated candidates | 2018 | 1 | #33 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sall mean, and where does it come from?
- from Sall, Norfolk; also 'servant at the hall' or a pet-name, perhaps from Salaman; first attested Warin de Salle 1202 Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Sall?
- A machine transcription gives /sal/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Sall have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 121 thousand people named Sall in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sall.
- How common is the name Sall?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,496 people named Sall in 2010, about 1 in 222 thousand residents.
- How common is Sall compared with other names?
- In Senegal, Sall is the 14th most common surname of 3,622 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Sall?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sallThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sall” — the 14th most common surname in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.