Find out how popular the last name Senra is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Senra.

Senra, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Senra surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Senra in America

Senra is the 76275th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Senra surname appeared 252 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Senra.

We can also compare 2010 data for Senra to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Senra

The surname Senra is of Galician origin, derived from the medieval Galician language spoken in northwestern Spain. It is believed to have originated in the 9th or 10th century.

Senra is thought to be a toponymic surname, meaning it originated from a place name. Specifically, it is believed to be derived from the Galician words "sena" (meaning "boundary" or "border") and "raia" (meaning "boundary line" or "frontier"), referring to someone who lived near a border region.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Senra can be found in a 12th-century cartulary from the monastery of Sobrado dos Monxes in the province of A Coruña, Galicia. The document mentions a landowner named "Petrus Sennara".

In the 13th century, the surname Senra appeared in various medieval Galician-Portuguese manuscripts, such as the Cantigas de Santa Maria, a collection of poems and songs dedicated to the Virgin Mary, commissioned by King Alfonso X of Castile (1221-1284).

Notable historical figures with the surname Senra include Fernán Pérez de Senra, a Galician nobleman and military leader who fought against the Moors in the 13th century during the Reconquista.

Gómez Pérez de Senra was a 14th-century Galician knight and conquistador who participated in the conquest of the Canary Islands under the command of Jean de Béthencourt.

Álvaro de Senra y Losada (1525-1597) was a Spanish nobleman and military commander who served as the Governor of Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina and Uruguay) in the late 16th century.

Francisco de Senra Bermúdez (1635-1701) was a Galician architect and master builder who designed several notable churches and monasteries in Galicia, including the Monastery of San Martín Pinario in Santiago de Compostela.

Fray Martín Senra y Vázquez (1670-1738) was a Galician Franciscan friar and historian who authored several works on the history and culture of Galicia, including the Descripción del Reino de Galicia y de las Cosas Notables que hay en él (Description of the Kingdom of Galicia and its Notable Things).

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Senra

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Senra.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Senra was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Senra has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Senra was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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