# Serpe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/serpe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 537 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,672 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 574,945 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.4% (562 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Italian Serpe, a nickname for a treacherous or malignant person, from serpe (“snake”). * Borrowed from French Serpe, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of billhooks and sickles, from serpe (“billhook, sickle”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Serpe in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Serpa, Sharpe, Sherpa, Sharp, Sarabia, Shreve, Saravia, Scharf, Sheriff, Sharif, Scharff, Scarpa.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.