Cerda Surname
Approximately 143,464 people bear this surname
Cerda Surname Definition:
One who came from Cerda (place of swine), in Spain.
Found in Castile and Aragon. Original form was la Cerda.
Village of Cerdo [Cerda] near Valencia. Derived from latin word "setula" - strong hair, bristle.
This could be from the latin "cirrus" meaning a curl of hair.
Read More About This SurnameCerda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 43,212 | 1:2,872 | 409 |
| Chile | 37,297 | 1:472 | 101 |
| United States | 15,876 | 1:22,831 | 2,863 |
| Nicaragua | 10,667 | 1:564 | 120 |
| Argentina | 8,668 | 1:4,931 | 552 |
| Spain | 8,550 | 1:5,468 | 678 |
| Ecuador | 5,162 | 1:3,081 | 531 |
| Philippines | 3,532 | 1:28,663 | 4,039 |
| Dominican Republic | 2,889 | 1:3,611 | 421 |
| Peru | 2,710 | 1:11,728 | 1,608 |
| Colombia | 1,019 | 1:46,883 | 2,442 |
| France | 1,003 | 1:66,224 | 9,134 |
| Bolivia | 893 | 1:11,889 | 1,218 |
| Venezuela | 474 | 1:63,722 | 2,849 |
| Costa Rica | 339 | 1:14,100 | 600 |
| Brazil | 218 | 1:981,992 | 34,879 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Panama | 118 | 1:33,155 | 1,884 |
| Cuba | 108 | 1:106,692 | 3,104 |
| Canada | 104 | 1:354,285 | 32,012 |
| Australia | 95 | 1:284,165 | 25,304 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Guatemala | 47 | 1:342,184 | 4,711 |
| Belize | 35 | 1:10,156 | 1,308 |
| Andorra | 30 | 1:2,795 | 529 |
| Uruguay | 27 | 1:127,102 | 11,684 |
| Italy | 23 | 1:2,658,986 | 96,069 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 1:394,460 | 3,042 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
The alternate forms: Cerdà (317) & Cerdá (315) are calculated separately.
Cerda (229) may also be a first name.
Cerda Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who came from Cerda (place of swine), in Spain.
Found in Castile and Aragon. Original form was la Cerda.
Village of Cerdo [Cerda] near Valencia. Derived from latin word "setula" - strong hair, bristle.
This could be from the latin "cirrus" meaning a curl of hair.
Aragonese name from place no longer existing, Cerdan (Zaragoza). One branch in Valencia where it took the name Cerda.
Cerda Demographics
Average Male Cerda Height
171.85 cm
Average Female Cerda Height
161.69 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cerda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cerda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cerda (Arabic: كريدا) is borne by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Cerdà or Cerdá. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cerda? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,908th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,797 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Cerda are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 32 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 593,349th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 229 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is carried by 43,212 people, or 1 in 2,872. In Mexico Cerda is most common in: Nuevo León, where 26 percent are found, Coahuila, where 12 percent are found and San Luis Potosí, where 10 percent are found. Besides Mexico it exists in 64 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Cerda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Cerda has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cerda last name grew 54,745 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cerda Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Cerda last name are 42.86% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.09% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cerda earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 38.32% less than the national average, earning 213,464 kr per year; in Peru they earn 18.1% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,876 per year; in Colombia they earn 28.74% less than the national average, earning $16,177,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.46% less than the national average, earning $35,616 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning $42,351 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cerda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cerda in the Arabic language | ||
| كريدا | kryda | - |
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Cerda Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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