How common is the surname Segarra?

3,871 people in the United States had the surname Segarra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,759 Americans. It ranked 8,509th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Segarra most common?

Wikidata records people named Segarra in the United States.

Is the surname Segarra getting more or less common?

More common. 3,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,871 in 2010, up 25%.

The surname Segarra

A Catalan place surname, carried by 3,871 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Segarra is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Catalan origin

Borrowed from Catalan Segarra, a habitational surname from a place in Catalonia, probably from Paleo-Hispanic (compare Iberian segar (“stone, rock”)). See also Zegarra.

Segarra is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,871 people named Segarra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,759 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,097.

#8,509

rank among US surnames

3,871

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+25%

change since 2000 (was #9,630)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,504	Kurz	3,874	79,697
#8,505	Hubbs	3,873	79,717
#8,506	Aman	3,872	79,738
#8,509	Segarra	3,871	79,759
#8,511	Sainz	3,869	79,800
#8,512	Shedd	3,868	79,820

Who is named Segarra

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

86% of people named Segarra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
White (not Hispanic) 11%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Segarras

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josh Segarra
American actor, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Segarra

Segarra has the Soundex code S260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S260.

Other Catalan surnames

All 39 Catalan surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Segarra come from?: Borrowed from Catalan Segarra, a habitational surname from a place in Catalonia, probably from Paleo-Hispanic (compare Iberian segar (“stone, rock”)). See also Zegarra.
How common is the surname Segarra?: 3,871 people in the United States had the surname Segarra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,759 Americans. It ranked 8,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Segarra?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Segarra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Segarra?: Josh Segarra, American actor.
Where is the surname Segarra most common?: Wikidata records people named Segarra in the United States.
What type of surname is Segarra?: Segarra is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Segarra getting more or less common?: More common. 3,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,871 in 2010, up 25%.