Pala

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; also from pala (“shovel”).
• Borrowed from Polish Pala, from a vernacular name of the given name Pawel, Polish form of the name Paul.
• Borrowed from Czech Pála, a nickname for an obstinate person, from Moravian dialect pała (“head”).
• Borrowed from Turkish Pala, from pala (“scimitar”), from Italian pala (“shovel”).
• Borrowed from Hindi पाला (pālā).

Pala (plural Palas)

1. A surname.

• 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.

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

• alap, lapa, pa'al

A topographic surname for someone who lived near an upland meadow, from pala (“upland meadow”).

Pala m or f by sense

1. a surname