How common is the surname Serna?

25,503 people in the United States had the surname Serna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,106 Americans. It ranked 1,390th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Serna?

Dillon Serna, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Serna most common?

Wikidata records people named Serna in the United States.

Is the surname Serna getting more or less common?

More common. 19,751 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,503 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Serna

A surname, carried by 25,503 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Serna is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

From Spanish.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 25,503 people named Serna in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,106 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,751.

#1,390

rank among US surnames

25,503

people in 2010

8.7

per 100,000 Americans

+29.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,662)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,381	Xu	25,622	12,050
#1,382	Plummer	25,596	12,062
#1,383	Michel	25,578	12,071
#1,384	Paz	25,574	12,073
#1,385	Yanez	25,563	12,078
#1,386	Gregg	25,554	12,082
#1,387	Abrams	25,534	12,092

Who is named Serna

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

90% of people named Serna identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Two or more races 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Sernas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dillon Serna
American soccer player, born 1994

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Serna

Serna has the Soundex code S650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S650.

Questions

Where does the surname Serna come from?: From Spanish.
How common is the surname Serna?: 25,503 people in the United States had the surname Serna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,106 Americans. It ranked 1,390th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Serna?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Serna identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Serna?: Dillon Serna, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Serna most common?: Wikidata records people named Serna in the United States.
Is the surname Serna getting more or less common?: More common. 19,751 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,503 in 2010, up 29%.