Serrão Surname
Approximately 10,681 people bear this surname
Serrão Surname User-submission:
(Portuguese) Serrão is a topographic name from serrão, meaning 'mountain dweller', an equivalent of Spanish Serrano.
(Italian) Serrào is compound of the honorific title ser (sir) and the personal name Rao.
Serrão Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 4,733 | 1:5,702 | 788 |
| Portugal | 3,019 | 1:3,451 | 419 |
| India | 505 | 1:1,518,941 | 56,929 |
| Brazil | 471 | 1:454,510 | 17,246 |
| United Arab Emirates | 391 | 1:23,433 | 2,671 |
| United States | 345 | 1:1,050,606 | 76,867 |
| Italy | 321 | 1:190,519 | 27,937 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Bahrain | 132 | 1:10,217 | 1,962 |
| Canada | 116 | 1:317,634 | 29,153 |
| South Africa | 96 | 1:564,351 | 43,987 |
| Kuwait | 87 | 1:43,686 | 5,304 |
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 12 | 1:113,665 | 7,200 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Barbados | 8 | 1:35,931 | 1,672 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Cape Verde | 4 | 1:132,410 | 4,291 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Serrão Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
(Portuguese) Serrão is a topographic name from serrão, meaning 'mountain dweller', an equivalent of Spanish Serrano.
(Italian) Serrào is compound of the honorific title ser (sir) and the personal name Rao.
- n54321sThe Serrão surname originates in Minho Region, Northern Portugal. It means 'sawyer', 'one who saws'.
- dd2Serrão Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Serrão Come From? nationality or country of origin
Serrão occurs more in Angola more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Serrão.
How Common Is The Last Name Serrão? popularity and diffusion
Serrão is the 48,304th most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 682,291 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 45 percent of Serrão live; 45 percent live in Southern Africa and 44 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa.
Serrão is most commonly occurring in Angola, where it is carried by 4,733 people, or 1 in 5,702. Apart from Angola this surname occurs in 52 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 28 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
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