The Cerda surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,703 people carried this name — #2,035 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,700 people counted. That is up 34% from 13,215 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 9,604 people named Cerda live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 313 people named Cerda.
125 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Hérault.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Cerda live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Cerda,
with a public archive behind them.
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Humberto Patricio Cerda Aparicio d. 1975 · student
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Cesar Domingo Cerda Cuevas d. 1976 · laborer
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Manuel Antonio Cerda Meza d. 1973 · laborer
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Melchior de La Cerda 1550–1615 · teacher
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Alfredo Cerda Jaraquemada 1900–1984 · politician
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Palmira Cerda Fuenzalida 1905– · lawyer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cerda.
- Centofanti 726 · U.S. census
- Centonze 166 · U.S. census
- Cera 1,224 · U.S. census
- Ceran 100 · U.S. census
- Cerato 165 · U.S. census
- Cercy 155 · U.S. census
- Cerdan 260 · U.S. census
- Ceres 232 · U.S. census
- Ceresa 295 · U.S. census
- Ceretto 113 · U.S. census
- Cerezo 1,927 · U.S. census
- Cerf 344 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cerda is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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