as a Last Name
- 26,161
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Sierra
Meaning & Origins
Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of the numerous places named Sierra or La Sierra, from sierra ‘ridge or chain of hills’ (from Latin serra ‘saw’).
| 1,370th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 26,161
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Sierra per capita
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