Salas
Salas, from Spanish ‘salas’, is a Spanish surname of Germanic and Jewish origin, and a common family name in the Spanish-speaking world. It is ranked amongst the most common surnames found in Costa Rica and in Mexico.
The surname is also associated with Sephardic Jews who emigrated from Spain to the Netherlands and South America following the expulsion in 1492. Some families with the surname ‘Salas’ remained in Spain despite the persecution.
People
- Ada Salas, Spanish poet and author
- Agustín Salas del Valle, Mexican serial killer
- Ailín Salas, Argentine actress
- Alfonso Rodríguez Salas, Spanish footballer
- Alvaro Salas, Uruguayan percussionist
- Ángel Salas Larrazábal, Spanish fighter ace and military officer
- Angelica Salas, American immigration activist
- Benito Salas Vargas, military leader during Colombia's independence war
- Berta Vicente Salas, Spanish photographer
- Carlos Salas, Cuban volleyball player
- Carlos Salas Salas, Chilean politician
- Claudia Hernández, full name Claudia Hernández Salas, Mexican tennis player
- Dagoberto Campos Salas, Costa Rican Catholic archbishop
- Damian Salas, Argentine poker player
- Dani Salas, Spanish footballer
- Daysi Salas, Chilean sprinter
- Didac Salas, Spanish pole vaulter
- Esther Salas, American judge
- Federico Salas, Peruvian politician
- Fernando de Valdés y Salas, Spanish churchman and professor
- Fernando Salas , Mexican baseball player
- Franklin Salas, Ecuadorian footballer
- Guillermo Salas, Peruvian footballer
- Greg Salas, American football player
- Henrique Salas Römer, Venezuelan entrepreneur and politician
- Hilden Salas, Peruvian footballer
- Ilse Salas, Mexican actress
- Irma Salas Silva, Chilean educator
- José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician, interim president
- José Salas, American baseball player
- Joseph Salas, American boxer
- Juan Salas, Dominican baseball player
- Justin Salas, American mixed martial artist
- Lauro Salas, Mexican boxer
- Lizette Salas, American golfer
- Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
- Margarita Salas, Spanish scientist
- Marina Salas, Spanish actress
- Marino Salas, baseball player
- Mario Salas Saieg, Chilean footballer
- Mark Salas, American baseball player
- Mary Salas, American politician
- Nancy Salas, Australian musicologist
- Olimpia Salas Martínez, Mexican material scientist
- Óscar Salas, Honduran footballer
- Óscar Salas Moya, Bolivian politician
- Patricia Salas O'Brien, Peruvian sociologist and politician
- Paul Salas, Filipino actor and model
- Pito Salas, Curaçaoan-American software developer
- Rafael M. Salas, first head of the United Nations Population Fund
- Renee Salas, American physician and professor
- Rodolfo Salas, Peruvian basketball player
- Rudy Salas, American politician
- Rudy Salas, American musician, founding member of El Chicano
- Stephanie Salas, Mexican singer and actress
- Stevie Salas, Native American guitarist and author
- Tito Salas, Venezuelan painter
- Víctor Salas Escobar, Peruvian footballer
- Víctor Salas Baños, Spanish footballer
- Vincent Salas, Chilean footballer
- Walter Salas-Humara, American songwriter, founding member of The Silos
- Wilma Salas, Cuban volleyball player
Fictional characters
- Paquita Salas, on the Spanish comedy web television series Paquita Salas
- Yelina Salas, on the CBS television series CSI: Miami
- Will Salas, in the 2011 science fiction film In Time
- Roger Salas, in the American heist drama streaming television series ''Kaleidoscope''