Sera History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Early Origins of the Sera family

The surname Sera was first found in Messina (Sicilian: Missina; Latin: Messana), capital of the Italian province of Messina. Its history begins in 397 B.C. After a checkered history the Saracens took it in 831, and the Normans in 1061. It was host to the crusaders in 1190. Garibaldi landed in 1860 and it was the last city to be made a part of united Italy. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry. The Serafini achieved great nobility in the city of Messina in the 15th century and became one of the distinguished families of the region.

Early History of the Sera family

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Sera Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Serafini, Serafino, Serafin, Sera and others.

Early Notables of the Sera family

Prominent among bearers of this surname in early times was

Sanctus Seraphin (1699-1776), also known as Santo Serafin, a successful Italian luthier in Venice...
Today, a genuine Seraphin violin ranges in value from Sera20,000 to Sera850,000 depending on condition and provenance as there are only approximately 300 Seraphin instruments known to exist...

Sera Ranking

In the United States, the name Sera is the 15,350^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Sera migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sera Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan Jae Rio Sera, aged 21, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1839 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Sera (post 1700) +

Sera Cahoone (b. 1975), American singer-songwriter

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)