The Cerf surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 360 people carried this name — #53,782 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 835 people named Cerf.

31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Paris.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 31

Paris 113

Pas-de-Calais 97

Charente-Maritime 61

Moselle 55

Aisne 51

Nord 49

Doubs 42

Somme 41

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

259 people named Cerf live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.

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Where they live today

Jura 145

Bern 20

Geneva 20

Vaud 18

Fribourg 14

Neuchâtel 13

St. Gallen 11

Basel-Landschaft 6

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.

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