Serman

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/sɝmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Serman is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.7M(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 111K
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 175K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

195 people, 2010

Sources
134 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 111K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Serman counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Serman is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1951 in 1.7M248Serman134
PH Philippines≈120 est.≈1 in 912K—Serman11
ZA South Africa≈110 est.≈1 in 538K—Serman11
MY Malaysia≈98 est.≈1 in 332K—Serman8
FR France≈90 est.≈1 in 757K8—1
HR Croatia381 in 111K38——
EE Estonia≈7 est.≈1 in 175K15—2

195 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Serman is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Pakistan, Malaysia, Cyprus

    Also written Şerman

  • Russian surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, Israel

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Шерман, Серман, Sherman, Шэрман, Šerman

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Sérman, Şerman

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Šerman, Şerman

  • Croatian surname22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Montenegro, United States

    Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian

    Also written Šerman, Sherman, Шерман, Şerman, Shèrmän

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1880190019201940Alice Serman, b. 1898William Serman, b. 1932Eva Serman, b. 1937

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Serman,
InformalHi Serman,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Serman
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020248#82,069
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000240#74,957
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010195#93,921
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197122—
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—15#7,570
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19419—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19918—
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—7#13,677

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Serman?
A machine transcription gives /sɝmən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Serman have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 195 people named Serman, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled serman.
Where is Serman most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Serman is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 111 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Serman?
In the United States, the national register counted 195 people named Serman in 2010, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Serman”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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