Surname Spotlight: Cerf

Cerf began as a French family name.

What does the surname Cerf mean?

In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “dweller at the sign of the hart”. In the 2010 US Census, 344 Americans gave Cerf as their last name (rank 58,876). French civil records give 1,935 births under the name Cerf from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1941–1950.

How common is the Cerf last name?

It is a topographic name, describing where an early bearer lived.

Is there a Cerf coat of arms?

There is no single Cerf family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Cerf line, if any, bore arms.

Get the complete Cerf report, with a museum-style coat of arms.