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Widespread in Italy, with a large preponderance in Sardinia, should derive from a nickname originated from the Latin word Serra (Sega) and would indicate probably the craft of carpenter, traces of this cognitive we find for example to Pavia in this cartridge sententie of the year 1282: "... Super Quo pamphlet Lis contested fuit for Narationem et responsionem. Unde Guilielmus de Serra, consul Iusticie Papie, former public party sitting pro tribunals, visis, Cognitis rationibus et allegationibus utriusque partis... ". Additions provided by Aldo Magnoni may derive from the name of the Latin-romanza period indicating step. Serra is also the deverbal to tighten or close, so in this case toponomastic closure of the valley. So the surname Serra is in several cases attributable to the one who lived in those places. Additions provided by Giuseppe Concas with reference to the Sardinian strains Serra means Sega and derives from the Latin Serra (toothed blade), but in Sardinian its true meaning is Serra understood in the sense of high seas, Hill, Mountain: Sa serra de Su Monti means the ridge of mountain. Serroni, SERRACCU (Segaccio or Saracco). In Catalan we have Xarrac or Xerrac.
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