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The lasalle Surname

lasalle Name Meaning and History

  1. local name or occupational name for someone who lived or worked at a manor house, from Old French sal(e) ‘hall’ (modern French salle; see also Sale 1), with the definite article la.
  2. habitational name from a place named Lasalle or La Salle, as for example Lasalle in Gard, likewise from Old French sale ‘hall’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of lasalle Families in the US in 1920
Number of lasalle families
 16-30
 6-15
 1-5
 0
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