The Sery surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 269 people carried this name — #72,332 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 14% from 237 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sery surname
From šerý (“gray”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Šerý» (Slovak), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,433 people named Sery.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often La Réunion.
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
31 people named Sery live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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
Sery in American newspapers,
1908–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 72,789 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sery.
- Servaes 131 · U.S. census
- Servais 882 · U.S. census
- Servant 410 · U.S. census
- Serventi 217 · U.S. census
- Servera 128 · U.S. census
- Servin 7,842 · U.S. census
- Sese 483 · U.S. census
- Sessa 1,786 · U.S. census
- Sester 544 · U.S. census
- Seta 344 · U.S. census
- Sette 588 · U.S. census
- Setti 148 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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