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The Sarra surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 560 people carried this name — #39,281 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (558).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Sarra surname

Borrowed from Italian Sarra or Catalan Sarrà.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sarra» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 187 people named Sarra 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 105
City of Buenos Aires 24
Santa Fe 24
Córdoba 21
Chubut 13

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 140 people named Sarra.

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

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Isère 29
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 15
Indre-et-Loire 10
Moselle 9
Paris 8
Lot-et-Garonne 6
Saône-et-Loire 6
Maine-et-Loire 5

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Sarra is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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