Serb Surname

145,626th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,048 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Serb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Serb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1,9761:10,1611,332
United States2421:1,497,764102,032
Ukraine2381:191,27226,004
Russia2281:632,11955,141
Spain841:556,57226,793
Serbia591:121,1019,095
Argentina291:1,473,91182,038
Cambodia281:553,1124,360
Belarus201:475,05345,383
Hungary191:516,64632,401
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England121:4,643,172139,951
Kazakhstan121:1,473,54175,349
Benin111:939,60046,216
Mauritania101:409,48616,302
Afghanistan91:3,572,57620,130
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
France21:33,211,361423,184
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

The alternate forms: Şerb (382) are calculated separately.

Serb (84) may also be a first name.

Serb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Serb (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺮﺏ, Hindi: सेरब, Russian: Серб) is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Şerb. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Serb? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 145,626th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,390,927 people. The last name Serb occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Serb are found; 80 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 65 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Serb is also the 1,046,220th most widespread given name globally. It is borne by 84 people.

The surname is most frequent in Romania, where it is carried by 1,976 people, or 1 in 10,161. In Romania it is most numerous in: Argeș County, where 19 percent are found, Arad County, where 16 percent are found and Dâmbovița County, where 11 percent are found. Other than Romania it exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Ukraine, where 8 percent are found.

Serb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Serb has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Serb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Serb last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Serb last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Serb earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.03% more than the national average, earning $44,024 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.46% more than the national average, earning $52,894 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Şerb92382/
Sherb89304/
Szerb89208/
Sierb8934/
Scerb8910/
Serbs894/
Soerb891/
Seerb891/
Serbt890/
Scherb802,381/
Sherbs8054/
Szcerb804/
Seirbh801/
Sirb751,721/
Sarb751,019/
Gerb75707/
Sîrb75529/
Serf75394/
Serp75325/
Cerb75178/
Zerb75117/
Serv7532/
Sreb7525/
Sorb755/
Jerb754/
Serw752/
Xerb751/
Serbova73388/
Shcherb73117/
Serbová7330/
Scherbs731/
Schaerb731/
Schoerb730/
Serpe672,836/
Shorb671,138/
Sherf67659/
Zoerb67495/
Sierp67420/
Zerbs67221/
Sjerp67205/
Serpp67125/
Sharb67125/
Serff6786/
Sherp6784/
Gerbs6761/
Searp6738/
Sorbh6729/
Szirb6726/
Serfs6723/
Cherb6723/
Serfe6717/
Scerbova6716/
Szerf6715/
Seirp6713/
Sarbh6712/
Sherw6710/
Szerp679/
Sireb679/
Sherv677/
Serws677/
Serrp675/
Sherbova674/
Szerbová674/
Serph674/
Ssorb673/
Searf673/
Jeirb672/
Zherb672/
Cerbd672/
Servd672/
Serps672/
Sierf672/
Cerbs672/
Sohrb672/
Servs671/
Sahrb671/
Xjerb671/
Åžerb671/
Serpf671/
Shreb671/
Scerbová671/
Szerbova671/
Sarrb671/
Sirbs671/
Seerw671/
Serwt671/
Searbova670/
Sirbt670/
Serpt670/
Zerbz670/
Shirb670/

Serb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Serb in the Hindi language
सेरबseraba-
Serb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﺮﺏsrb66.67
ﺳﻴﺮﻳﻪsyryh33.33
Serb in the Russian language
Сербserb-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Serb
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