The surname Ferreira
A Portuguese surname, carried by 27,898 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex F660
Origin
Portuguese origin
Borrowed from Portuguese Ferreira.
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 27,898 people named Ferreira in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,067 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,320.
Who is named Ferreira
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
67% of people named Ferreira identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 67%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Famous Ferreiras
51 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Barbie FerreiraAmerican model and actress, born 1996
- Sky FerreiraAmerican singer-songwriter, model, and actress (born 1992)
- Manuel FerreiraArgentine footballer (1905–1983)
- Jesús FerreiraAmerican soccer player, born 2000
- Alex FerreiraAmerican freestyle skier, born 1994
- Beatriz FerreiraBrazilian boxer, born 1992
- Ítalo FerreiraBrazilian surfer, born 1994
- Junior Silva FerreiraBrazilian association football player, born 1994
- Rivaldo Vítor Mosca Ferreira JúniorBrazilian association football player, born 1995
- Everson Lins FerreiraBrazilian association football player, born 1987
- Jeorá Matos FerreiraBrazilian association football player, born 1964
- Fernanda FerreiraBrazilian volleyball player, born 1980
Notable Ferreiras come mostly from Brazil (44), the United States (2) and Argentina (2).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Questions
- Where does the surname Ferreira come from?
- Borrowed from Portuguese Ferreira.
- How common is the surname Ferreira?
- 27,898 people in the United States had the surname Ferreira in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,067 Americans. It ranked 1,260th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ferreira?
- In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Ferreira identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Ferreira?
- Barbie Ferreira, American model and actress, followed by Sky Ferreira.
- Where is the surname Ferreira most common?
- Wikidata records people named Ferreira in Brazil, the United States and Argentina and 3 other countries.
- Is the surname Ferreira getting more or less common?
- More common. 22,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,898 in 2010, up 25%.