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Serra Name Meaning
Italian, Portuguese, and Catalan: topographic name from
Italian, Portuguese, Catalan serra ‘ridge or chain of hills’
(Latin serra ‘saw’).Italian: habitational name from any of
various places named with serra ‘ridge’ (see 1 above), as for
example Serra d’Aniello and Serra Pedace (Cosenza), Serra San Bruno
(Vibo Valentia), Serracapriola (Foggia).Catalan: habitational
name from any of various places, in Valencia and Catalonia, named
Serra or with Serra, as for example Serra d’Almos or Serra d’en
Galceran.Catalan (Serrà): topographic name for
somebody who lived by a sierra, from Catalan serrà, an
adjective derived from serra ‘mountain range’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Serra Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Serra families
 25 - 48  9 - 24 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Serra families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Serra Family Origin
Serra Immigration Information
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Serra Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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