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The surname Serpas

A Spanish surname, carried by 1,680 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S612

Serpas: #16,933 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Serpas #16,933, 1,680 people Serpas: #16,933 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Serpas #16,933, 1,680 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Serpas is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Serpas. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,680 people named Serpas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,777 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,325.

#16,933
rank among US surnames
1,680
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+26.8%
change since 2000 (was #19,018)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,926Bashore1,681183,668
#16,933Morena1,680183,777
#16,939McBean1,679183,887

Who is named Serpas

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

66% of people named Serpas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 33% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 66%
  • White (not Hispanic) 33%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Two or more races 0.3%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Serpas

Serpas has the Soundex code S612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S612.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Serpas come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Serpas. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.
How common is the surname Serpas?
1,680 people in the United States had the surname Serpas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,777 Americans. It ranked 16,933rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Serpas?
In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Serpas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Serpas getting more or less common?
More common. 1,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,680 in 2010, up 27%.