How common is the surname Serpa?

2,547 people in the United States had the surname Serpa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,219 Americans. It ranked 12,221st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Serpa?

In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Serpa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Serpa getting more or less common?

More common. 2,399 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,547 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Serpa

A surname, carried by 2,547 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Serpa is more common than 92.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,547 people named Serpa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,219 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,399.

#12,221

rank among US surnames

2,547

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,948)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,212	Wicklund	2,550	121,077
#12,215	Hemmer	2,549	121,124
#12,218	Hover	2,548	121,172
#12,221	Berrier	2,547	121,219
#12,227	Greenhalgh	2,546	121,267
#12,229	Check	2,545	121,315

Who is named Serpa

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

64% of people named Serpa identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Serpa

Serpa has the Soundex code S610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S610.

Questions

How common is the surname Serpa?: 2,547 people in the United States had the surname Serpa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,219 Americans. It ranked 12,221st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Serpa?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Serpa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Serpa getting more or less common?: More common. 2,399 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,547 in 2010, up 6.2%.