Saraceni Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

There is no single Saraceni family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

What Saraceni means

Some records give Saraceno; others give Saraceni. Both point to the same Italian family name. At root, the name means “Saracen”.

Saraceni and Saraceno differ only in the final vowel; Italian surnames often appear in singular and plural versions. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Saracino. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Saraceni with 518 bearers, at rank 41,959. It sits within the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

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