Sarabia Surname

6,954th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81,440 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Sarabia Surname Definition:

Surname with a probable prothetic S, which in epigraphic ancient documents and inscriptions represented "sacerdote" or "priest" originally from Arabia. Name of village in Villagrán, Guanajuato in Mexico.

It is a Castilian surname from Soria, which spread to Chile from the Order of Santiago starting in 1628.

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Sarabia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico32,5571:3,813517
Philippines12,3181:8,219754
United States7,4881:48,4055,867
Colombia6,1171:7,810948
Spain4,8421:9,6561,141
Venezuela4,3171:6,997781
Ecuador2,9951:5,311885
Bolivia2,8151:3,771585
Chile2,0481:8,602816
Paraguay1,5701:4,609405
Argentina1,2391:34,4982,879
Peru8391:37,8833,601
Honduras4921:17,920808
Cuba3111:37,0511,727
Brazil2441:877,35431,604
France1871:355,20253,191
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
El Salvador1551:40,9281,201
Dominican Republic1311:79,6413,650
Thailand751:941,845145,864
Guatemala681:236,5104,065
Canada671:549,93446,038
Nicaragua661:91,2291,815
Singapore561:98,3524,171
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Uruguay271:127,10211,684
England211:2,653,24194,788
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Belize151:23,6981,879
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Panama101:391,2268,067
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
China41:341,830,39216,990
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Saràbia (2) & Sarábia (1) are calculated separately.

Sarabia (226) may also be a first name.

Sarabia Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Surname with a probable prothetic S, which in epigraphic ancient documents and inscriptions represented "sacerdote" or "priest" originally from Arabia. Name of village in Villagrán, Guanajuato in Mexico.

It is a Castilian surname from Soria, which spread to Chile from the Order of Santiago starting in 1628.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

(Galician and Asturian-Leonese) Habitational surname from places in Asturies and Galicia (Pontevedra) called Sarabia. It comes from Asturian and Galician sarabia, meaning 'hail'.

- msaravia

It is a Basque surname, which means 'willow path'. It comes from the words sarats (willows), and bide (way).

- astupendu1978

Sarabia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sarabia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sarabia is held by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Saràbia or Sarábia. For other possible spellings of Sarabia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarabia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,954th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 89,484 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Sarabia are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Hispano-North America. It is also the 598,137th most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 226 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 32,557 people, or 1 in 3,813. In Mexico it is most numerous in: Sinaloa, where 18 percent are found, México, where 11 percent are found and Baja California, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Mexico this surname exists in 70 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Sarabia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sarabia has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 187,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sarabia Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sarabia last name are 4.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.42% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sarabia earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 14.6% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,216 per year; in Colombia they earn 27.38% less than the national average, earning $16,486,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.56% less than the national average, earning $37,296 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.76% less than the national average, earning $48,810 CAD per year.

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