The surname Sierra
A Spanish surname, carried by 35,770 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex S600 Also a first name
Origin
Spanish origin
A surname from Spanish.
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 35,770 people named Sierra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,631 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,181.
Who is named Sierra
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Sierra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Two or more races 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Cierra
Sierra has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Sierra come from?
- Sierra is Spanish in origin.
- How common is the surname Sierra?
- 35,770 people in the United States had the surname Sierra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,631 Americans. It ranked 973rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sierra?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sierra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Sierra getting more or less common?
- More common. 26,181 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,770 in 2010, up 37%.
- What are other spellings of Sierra?
- Cierra.
- Is Sierra also a first name?
- Yes. Sierra is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.