Sepeda Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Sepeda is usually a form of Zepeda. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Place of stumps”.

• Spelled with “s” instead of “z”, Sepeda shows how the same name was heard and written differently.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Cepeda.
• The 2010 US Census counted 1,844 people named Sepeda, ranking it number 15,792 among American surnames. Of these, 88% identified as Hispanic or Latino.

Sepeda coat of arms

Arms linked to Zepeda and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Sepeda surname pack.