How common is the surname Cerda?

17,703 people in the United States had the surname Cerda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,440 Americans. It ranked 2,035th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cerda getting more or less common?

More common. 13,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,703 in 2010, up 34%.

The surname Cerda

A surname, carried by 17,703 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cerda is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,703 people named Cerda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,440 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,215.

#2,035

rank among US surnames

17,703

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+34%

change since 2000 (was #2,505)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,026	Pelletier	17,808	17,337
#2,027	Sneed	17,804	17,341
#2,028	Skaggs	17,778	17,367
#2,029	Alcala	17,758	17,386
#2,030	Munson	17,745	17,399
#2,031	Eason	17,714	17,429
#2,032	Keene	17,711	17,432

Who is named Cerda

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Cerda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Cerda

Cerrato

Cerda has the Soundex code C630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C630.

Questions

How common is the surname Cerda?: 17,703 people in the United States had the surname Cerda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,440 Americans. It ranked 2,035th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cerda?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cerda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cerda getting more or less common?: More common. 13,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,703 in 2010, up 34%.