# Miranda (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/miranda/  
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 Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 93,628 |
| US rank (2010) | 330 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,298 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (67,646 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /mɪˈɹændə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Coined by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus (“admirable”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Miranda 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) | 12% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 81% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Miranda in Brazil, the United States, Bolivia, Argentina, Australia and Angola.

## People named Miranda

- Lin-Manuel Miranda, American songwriter and composer (born 1980)
- Roberto Miranda, Brazilian footballer (born 1944)
- Enílton Menezes de Miranda, Brazilian association football player
- Pia Miranda, Australian actress
- Erika Miranda, Brazilian judoka
- Doda Miranda, Brazilian equestrian
- Paulo Miranda, Brazilian footballer
- David Miranda, Brazilian politician (1985–2023)
- Bruno Miranda, Bolivian association football player
- Marlui Miranda, Brazilian songwriter and ethnomusicologist
- João Bernardo de Miranda, Angolan politician
- Osvaldo Miranda, Argentinian actor (1915–2011)

and 11 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Mirenda, Morant, Morimoto, Maranto, Moronta, Marentes.

## 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.