The Serra surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,114 people carried this name — #5,674 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,300 people counted. That is up 11% from 5,522 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Serra surname
Habitational surname, from any of numerous places called Serra.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Serra» (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 8,391 people named Serra 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 2,616 people named Serra.
929 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Corsica.
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
780 people named Serra live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 145 people named Serra live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
66 people named Serra is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Serra in American newspapers,
1905–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,326 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Serra,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pere Serra 1350–1499 · painter -
Antonio Serra 1600–1700 · economist -
Niccolò Serra 1706–1767 · Catholic priest -
Junípero Serra 1713–1784 · missionary -
José Correia da Serra 1750–1823 · naturalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 176 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Serra.
- Serio 3,209 · U.S. census
- Serna 25,503 · U.S. census
- Sero 231 · U.S. census
- Seron 146 · U.S. census
- Seropian 206 · U.S. census
- Serpe 537 · U.S. census
- Serralta 174 · U.S. census
- Serrand 149 · U.S. census
- Serrano 75,996 · U.S. census
- Serrant 164 · U.S. census
- Serrat 114 · U.S. census
- Serre 254 · U.S. census
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