Explore the Family Name Serlin

The meaning of Serlin

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from a pet form of the Yiddish female personal name Sere, a variant of Sore ‘Sarah’ (see Sorin) + the Slavic possessive suffix -in. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Omri.

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How common is the last name Serlin in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Serlin has seen a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Serlin ranked at 69,428 in popularity, with 264 individuals bearing this last name. However, by 2010, it had slipped to rank 84,136 with only 223 individuals having this surname. This represents a decrease of 21.18% in its ranking and a 15.53% reduction in the count of people with this surname. The proportion per 100k population also decreased from 0.1 to 0.08, marking a 20% drop.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#69,428	#84,136	-21.18%
Count	264	223	-15.53%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.08	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Serlin

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Serlin also underwent changes during the same decade, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 95.83% of those named Serlin identified as White, but this figure decreased by 3.60% to 92.38% in 2010. A notable increase was observed among those identifying with two or more races, which went up by 42.33% to 2.69%. There were no individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity with this surname in either year. Meanwhile, there was a new appearance of Hispanic ethnicity in 2010, amounting to 2.69%, whereas the Black ethnicity category dropped entirely from 1.89% in 2000 to 0 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.83%	92.38%	-3.6%
Two or More Races	1.89%	2.69%	42.33%
Hispanic	0%	2.69%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	1.89%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%