Segarra
A Catalan surname most often taken from a place name, especially tied to the Segarra region of Catalonia.
The #8,509 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 79,759 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Segarra is a Catalan surname formed from the name of the Segarra region in central Catalonia. As a surname, it most likely identified someone who came from that district or from a place named after it. The place-name itself is ancient and its deeper pre-Roman root is uncertain.
History
The surname is strongly associated with Catalan-speaking areas of Spain, especially Catalonia, and later appears in Spanish-speaking communities more broadly. It is also found in the Americas through migration from Spain and, in some cases, from the Caribbean and Latin America. Because it is tied to a geographic name, the surname likely arose independently in more than one local family line.
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Fun fact
The Segarra comarca is one of the historic inland districts of Catalonia, so the surname preserves a very old regional identity.