The Cervera surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,329 people carried this name — #13,142 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is up 30% from 1,794 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,447 people named Cervera 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 454 people named Cervera.
191 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Aude.
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
58 people named Cervera live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Cervera in American newspapers,
1898–1899.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 39,316 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cervera,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rafael Cervera Royo 1828–1903 · physician -
Carlos Cervera Monge 1829–1869 · politician -
Dámaso Cervera 1837–1904 · politician -
Dámaso Cervera 1837–1904 · politician
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Pascual Cervera y Topete 1839–1909 · sailor -
Martín de Cervera d. 1621 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cervera.
- Cerruti 480 · U.S. census
- Certain 939 · U.S. census
- Ceruti 303 · U.S. census
- Cerutti 840 · U.S. census
- Cervantes 82,161 · U.S. census
- Cervelli 346 · U.S. census
- Cervi 552 · U.S. census
- Cervini 441 · U.S. census
- Cervo 180 · U.S. census
- Cervoni 316 · U.S. census
- Cesa 360 · U.S. census
- Cesaire 256 · U.S. census
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