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    The surname Almeida

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 16,760 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A453

    Almeida: #2,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Almeida #2,166, 16,760 people Almeida: #2,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Almeida #2,166, 16,760 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Almeida is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese Almeida.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,760 people named Almeida in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,422 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,523.

    #2,166
    rank among US surnames
    16,760
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,452)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,157Coe16,81918,357
    #2,158Corral16,80818,369
    #2,159Barrow16,80118,377
    #2,160Torrez16,79518,383
    #2,161Dupree16,79418,384
    #2,162Eastman16,79118,388
    #2,163Crandall16,78118,399

    Who is named Almeida

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    58% of people named Almeida identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 32%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Almeidas

    26 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Aílton José Almeida
      Brazilian footballer and manager, born 1984
    • Weverton Almeida Santos
      Brazilian association football player, born 1988
    • Beto Almeida
      Brazilian association football player and manager, born 1955
    • Laurindo Almeida
      Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer (1917-1995)
    • Lukian Araújo de Almeida
      Brazilian association football player, born 1991
    • Richard Almeida
      Brazilian association football player, born 1989
    • Leandro Almeida Silva
      Brazilian footballer, born 1987
    • Dinis Almeida
      Association football player, born 1995
    • José Américo de Almeida
      Brazilian writer and politician (1887–1980)
    • Nair Almeida
      Angolan handball player, born 1984
    • Ricardo Almeida
      Brazilian-American mixed martial arts fighter, born 1976
    • Paulo Almeida
      Brazilian footballer, born 1981

    Notable Almeidas come mostly from Brazil (19), Angola (3) and Argentina (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Almeyda

    Surnames that sound like Almeida

    Almeida has the Soundex code A453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A453.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Almeida come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese Almeida.
    How common is the surname Almeida?
    16,760 people in the United States had the surname Almeida in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,422 Americans. It ranked 2,166th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Almeida?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Almeida identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Almeida?
    Aílton José Almeida, Brazilian footballer and manager, followed by Weverton Almeida Santos.
    Where is the surname Almeida most common?
    Wikidata records people named Almeida in Brazil, Angola and Argentina and 2 other countries.
    Is the surname Almeida getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,760 in 2010, up 24%.
    What are other spellings of Almeida?
    Almeyda.