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There are approximately 3,464 people named Sale in the UK. That makes it the 2,914th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 55 are named Sale.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Sale surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SALE. SALES. A-Sax. sel, scle, &c. French, mile, a hall. " Between 1332 and 1348, the name borne by the famous knight commemorated by Froissart, and who was liilled by tlie insurgents near Norwich, in 1381, is severally written De la Sale, De Salle, De Aula, De la Saule, De Halle, Saul, and Halle." Notes and Queries, v. 291. The North Wilts family of Hale of Bradford also wrote themselves De Aula and De la Sale. " Halle, alias De la Sale, dwellitli iu a pretty stone house at the east end of the town, on the right bank of Avon: a man of £100 lands by the year : an ancient gentleman since tlie time of Edward I." Leland's Itinerary.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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