Valla (surname)

Valla is a surname. It is Italian equivalent of Valle. It is also used as a surname in Norway referring to someone from several places or farmsteads in Nordland. It is the plural form of Old Norse word vǫllr (Norwegian: field meadow). Notable people with the surname include:


 * Esat Valla, Kosovar Albanian painter
 * Gerd-Liv Valla, Norwegian trade union leader
 * Giorgio Valla (1447–1500), scientist
 * Kristin Valla (born 1975), Norwegian writer and journalist
 * Kristin Hille Valla, Norwegian politician for the Centre Party
 * Lorenzo Valla (1406–1457), Italian Renaissance era humanist
 * Marie-Laure Valla, French set dresser and set decorator
 * Natacha Valla, French economist
 * Paul Vallas, American politician
 * Spyros Vallas, Greek professional football player
 * Trebisonda Valla (1916–2006), Italian athlete