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The Serpe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 537 people carried this name — #40,672 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 4% from 562 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Serpe surname

From serpe (“snake”), a nickname for a treacherous or malignant person.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Serpe» (Italian), 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 133 people named Serpe 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 99
City of Buenos Aires 18
Misiones 16

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 100 people named Serpe.

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

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
Paris 21
Oise 13
Marne 12
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Ardennes 7
Aisne 7
Maine-et-Loire 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 2

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

Who carried it

People named Serpe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lynne Serpe
    Lynne Serpe 1971– · politician
  • Jean Serpe 1914–2001
  • Alessandro Serpe 1977– · jurist
  • Vincenzo Serpe 1983– · philosophy historian
  • Michael J Serpe 2000– · researcher

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Serpe 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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