# Ferreira (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ferreira/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 27,898 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,260 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,067 people |
| Change since 2000 | +25% (22,320 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Ferreira.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ferreira in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 26% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ferreira in Brazil, the United States, Argentina, Colombia, Angola and Spain.

## People named Ferreira

- Barbie Ferreira, American model and actress
- Sky Ferreira, American singer-songwriter, model, and actress (born 1992)
- Manuel Ferreira, Argentine footballer (1905–1983)
- Jesús Ferreira, American soccer player
- Alex Ferreira, American freestyle skier
- Beatriz Ferreira, Brazilian boxer
- Ítalo Ferreira, Brazilian surfer
- Junior Silva Ferreira, Brazilian association football player
- Rivaldo Vítor Mosca Ferreira Júnior, Brazilian association football player
- Everson Lins Ferreira, Brazilian association football player
- Jeorá Matos Ferreira, Brazilian association football player
- Fernanda Ferreira, Brazilian volleyball player

and 39 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Ferrer, Ferrara, Ferraro, Ferrari, Ferrier, Ferrera, Freire, Ferrero, Farrier, Ferreyra, Ferreri, Freier.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.