The Servan Last Name

Here is a quick, evidence-based look at the Servan surname.

• No reliable dictionary entry explains Servan, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Serafin.
• Spanish register data show 951 residents carrying Servan as first surname, and 942 as second surname. 612 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Servan name at birth. The name became more frequent over the century.
• Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow a Servan line back.

Heraldry and the Servan name

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Servan, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms. Get the complete Servan report, with a museum-style coat of arms.