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    The surname Serpe

    An Italian occupational surname, carried by 537 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S610

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Serpe is more common than 74.9% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    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”).

    Serpe is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 537 people named Serpe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 562.

    #40,672
    rank among US surnames
    537
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #37,319)

    Who is named Serpe

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

    97% of people named Serpe identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Serpe

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Serpe come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Serpe?
    537 people in the United States had the surname Serpe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. It ranked 40,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Serpe?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Serpe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Serpe?
    Serpe is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Serpe getting more or less common?
    Less common. 562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 537 in 2010, down 4.4%.