Sarabia Surname
Approximately 81,440 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameSarabia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 32,557 | 1:3,813 | 517 |
| Philippines | 12,318 | 1:8,219 | 754 |
| United States | 7,488 | 1:48,405 | 5,867 |
| Colombia | 6,117 | 1:7,810 | 948 |
| Spain | 4,842 | 1:9,656 | 1,141 |
| Venezuela | 4,317 | 1:6,997 | 781 |
| Ecuador | 2,995 | 1:5,311 | 885 |
| Bolivia | 2,815 | 1:3,771 | 585 |
| Chile | 2,048 | 1:8,602 | 816 |
| Paraguay | 1,570 | 1:4,609 | 405 |
| Argentina | 1,239 | 1:34,498 | 2,879 |
| Peru | 839 | 1:37,883 | 3,601 |
| Honduras | 492 | 1:17,920 | 808 |
| Cuba | 311 | 1:37,051 | 1,727 |
| Brazil | 244 | 1:877,354 | 31,604 |
| France | 187 | 1:355,202 | 53,191 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| El Salvador | 155 | 1:40,928 | 1,201 |
| Dominican Republic | 131 | 1:79,641 | 3,650 |
| Thailand | 75 | 1:941,845 | 145,864 |
| Guatemala | 68 | 1:236,510 | 4,065 |
| Canada | 67 | 1:549,934 | 46,038 |
| Nicaragua | 66 | 1:91,229 | 1,815 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Uruguay | 27 | 1:127,102 | 11,684 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Belize | 15 | 1:23,698 | 1,879 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
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.
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'.
- msaraviaIt is a Basque surname, which means 'willow path'. It comes from the words sarats (willows), and bide (way).
- astupendu1978Sarabia Demographics
Average Male Sarabia Height
172.05 cm
Average Female Sarabia Height
160.28 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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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