Serra Surname
Approximately 203,123 people bear this surname
Serra Surname Definition:
From the latin "serra" - a saw. Hence the tool for cutting wood. First bearer of this name probably was a woodcutter.
Ancient surname originating in Genoa, Italy, and name of family of Italian princes. Found in all geographical areas of Spain as name of villages near Gerona, Valencia, Segovia, Madrid, Valladolid, Ávila, Tortosa, Plasencia, Ciudad Rodrigo, Oviedo, Barvastro, Solsona, and Malaga.
Read More About This SurnameSerra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 51,549 | 1:1,186 | 41 |
| Brazil | 41,413 | 1:5,169 | 384 |
| Spain | 30,374 | 1:1,539 | 171 |
| Portugal | 14,588 | 1:714 | 126 |
| Mozambique | 13,596 | 1:2,005 | 500 |
| Argentina | 9,116 | 1:4,689 | 529 |
| United States | 7,879 | 1:46,003 | 5,604 |
| Angola | 6,902 | 1:3,910 | 570 |
| France | 6,150 | 1:10,800 | 1,064 |
| Philippines | 5,190 | 1:19,506 | 2,382 |
| Venezuela | 2,686 | 1:11,245 | 1,016 |
| Mexico | 1,906 | 1:65,124 | 3,002 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,156 | 1:9,025 | 778 |
| Cuba | 1,106 | 1:10,418 | 889 |
| Australia | 1,039 | 1:25,982 | 3,538 |
| Chile | 921 | 1:19,128 | 1,258 |
| Mali | 710 | 1:23,900 | 839 |
| Uruguay | 702 | 1:4,889 | 557 |
| Canada | 662 | 1:55,658 | 6,592 |
| Peru | 587 | 1:54,147 | 4,472 |
| Germany | 458 | 1:175,776 | 20,643 |
| England | 430 | 1:129,577 | 12,857 |
| Switzerland | 411 | 1:19,983 | 3,221 |
| Belgium | 338 | 1:34,014 | 5,523 |
| Guinea | 298 | 1:39,711 | 608 |
| South Africa | 245 | 1:221,133 | 23,158 |
| Colombia | 207 | 1:230,793 | 5,231 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Guatemala | 167 | 1:96,303 | 2,893 |
| Puerto Rico | 144 | 1:24,654 | 797 |
| Netherlands | 141 | 1:119,767 | 18,833 |
| Ecuador | 133 | 1:119,593 | 6,580 |
| Greece | 109 | 1:101,649 | 17,100 |
| Thailand | 103 | 1:685,809 | 114,410 |
| Andorra | 91 | 1:921 | 147 |
| Paraguay | 87 | 1:83,181 | 2,051 |
| Taiwan | 78 | 1:300,574 | 2,443 |
| Algeria | 76 | 1:508,310 | 37,383 |
| San Marino | 69 | 1:481 | 117 |
| Gibraltar | 60 | 1:566 | 78 |
| Sweden | 56 | 1:175,835 | 12,146 |
| Luxembourg | 46 | 1:12,620 | 2,379 |
| French Polynesia | 43 | 1:6,530 | 1,442 |
| Malta | 42 | 1:10,245 | 640 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| New Zealand | 36 | 1:125,787 | 15,451 |
| Romania | 35 | 1:573,653 | 41,852 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Suriname | 32 | 1:17,269 | 4,028 |
| Panama | 31 | 1:126,202 | 4,409 |
| Ireland | 29 | 1:162,377 | 7,171 |
| Costa Rica | 29 | 1:164,830 | 2,283 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Curaçao | 23 | 1:6,837 | 197 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Honduras | 20 | 1:440,822 | 3,218 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Monaco | 15 | 1:2,471 | 143 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| El Salvador | 8 | 1:792,986 | 3,584 |
| Nicaragua | 8 | 1:752,636 | 4,372 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Cape Verde | 3 | 1:176,547 | 4,737 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
The alternate forms: Serrà (10), Serrá (6) & Sérra (1) are calculated separately.
Serra (6,224) may also be a first name.
Serra Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From the latin "serra" - a saw. Hence the tool for cutting wood. First bearer of this name probably was a woodcutter.
Ancient surname originating in Genoa, Italy, and name of family of Italian princes. Found in all geographical areas of Spain as name of villages near Gerona, Valencia, Segovia, Madrid, Valladolid, Ávila, Tortosa, Plasencia, Ciudad Rodrigo, Oviedo, Barvastro, Solsona, and Malaga. Derived from latin "serrago" which means shaped like a saw, particularly a ridge of mountains. Equivalent to surname Sierra.
A Basque name that comes from "searra" and is a synonym of "sierra" meaning a ridge of mountains.
Aragonese name.
See Serrano, Sierra.
User-submitted Reference
The earliest references to the Italian surname, Serra, date to the 12th century, showing Mari De Serra resided in Genoa in 1102. Guglielmo Serra was Bishop of Monteleone in 1418 and Giocomo Serra was made a Cardinal in 1492. Members of his family were admitted to the Knights Hospitaler of St. John of Jerusalem in 1543. Father Guiseppe Ottavio Serra was a priest and poet and died in 1769. The earliest "new world" reference I can locate is to Bernardo Serra arrived in New York on 11 October 1886 on the ship Alesia from Naples.
- rudyserraIt is also of Catalan origin, a language spoken in some regions of Spain: Catalunya, Valencia and Balearic Islands. It has the same meaning as for Portuguese.
Here there is comprehensive information about this, in Spanish.
- aserratoA Portuguese descriptive surname meaning "mountain range". It may be a toponymic, since there are several place names containing Serra.
- mfariacastroSerra Demographics
Average Male Serra Height
173.24 cm
Average Female Serra Height
162.18 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Serra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Serra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Serra (Arabic: سيرا, Russian: Серра) is borne by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Serrà, Serrá or Sérra. For other potential spellings of Serra click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Serra? popularity and diffusion
The last name Serra is the 2,752nd most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,878 people. Serra occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Serra live; 48 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 25 percent live in Italic Europe. Serra is also the 83,689th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 6,224 people.
It is most widespread in Italy, where it is held by 51,549 people, or 1 in 1,186. In Italy it is most common in: Sardinia, where 44 percent reside, Piedmont, where 13 percent reside and Emilia-Romagna, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Italy this last name exists in 133 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent reside and Spain, where 15 percent reside.
Serra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Serra has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Serra last name increased 18,323 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 5,375 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 1,450 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Serra Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Serra last name are 3.74% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.97% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Serra earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 4.05% less than the national average, earning €28,815 per year; in Peru they earn 45.47% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,199 per year; in South Africa they earn 202.04% more than the national average, earning R 717,768 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.79% less than the national average, earning $19,572,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.72% more than the national average, earning $47,776 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.76% more than the national average, earning $55,527 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Serra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Serra in the Russian language | ||
| Серра | serra | - |
| Serra in the Arabic language | ||
| سيرا | syra | - |
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