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    The surname Cerra

    A surname, carried by 1,392 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C600

    Cerra: #19,416 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cerra #19,416, 1,392 people Cerra: #19,416 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cerra #19,416, 1,392 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cerra is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,392 people named Cerra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,800 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,374.

    #19,416
    rank among US surnames
    1,392
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,526)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,416Jeanjacques1,392221,800
    #19,425Akram1,391221,959

    Who is named Cerra

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

    84% of people named Cerra identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cerra

    Cerra has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cerra?
    1,392 people in the United States had the surname Cerra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,800 Americans. It ranked 19,416th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cerra?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Cerra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cerra getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,374 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,392 in 2010, up 1.3%.