# Serrano (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/serrano/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 75,996 |
| US rank (2010) | 429 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,063 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (55,057 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish serrano (“highlander”) from sierra.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Serrano 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) | 5.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 90% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Serrano in the United States, Argentina, Brazil and Spain.

## People named Serrano

- Nestor Serrano, American actor
- Andres Serrano, American photographer (1950- )
- João Miguel Serrano Leonelli, Brazilian actor, screenwriter and director
- Julio Cesar Serrano, Argentine footballer
- Walter Serrano, Argentinian association football player
- Bixente Serrano Izko, Basque writer
- Zoey Stark, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

Soriano, Serna, Sereno, Serino, Serano, Sheeran, Sherron, Sharma, Schramm, Shrum, Schram, Sharon.

## 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.