How common is the last name Sierra?

35,938 people in the United States have the last name Sierra, about 1 in 8,317. It ranks #957 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SIERRA

#957

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
35,938
About
1 in 8,317
This common or more
39.2%
Who bears it

Of the 35,938 people with the last name Sierra, 90.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 7% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sierra

#955 Leal · 35,970#956 Herring · 35,941#958 Nixon · 35,853#959 Hayden · 35,844

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sierra, most common first.

#150,935 Siera · 108

Also a first name

As a first name, Sierra ranks #616 of 53,615, with 85,582 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1998, with 5,853 births. See Sierra as a first name

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