The surname Oliveira
A Portuguese surname, carried by 19,055 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex O416
Origin
Portuguese origin
Borrowed from Portuguese Oliveira.
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 19,055 people named Oliveira in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,203 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,341.
Who is named Oliveira
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Oliveira identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 84%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
- Two or more races 2.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Famous Oliveiras
63 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Donizete OliveiraBrazilian association football player, born 1968
- Ricardo OliveiraBrazilian football player, born 1980
- Charles Oliveira Da SilvaBrazilian martial artist, born 1989
- Luis OliveiraBelgian footballer, born 1969
- Rafael dos Santos de OliveiraBrazilian association football player, born 1987
- Weligton OliveiraBrazilian footballer, born 1979
- Diego OliveiraBrazilian association football player, born 1990
- Cristiana OliveiraBrazilian actress, born 1963
- Luís Oliveira GonçalvesAngolan footballer, born 1960
- Alex OliveiraBrazilian association football player, born 1978
- Jean Lucas OliveiraBrazilian association football player, born 1998
- Leandro OliveiraBrazilian association football player, born 1988
Notable Oliveiras come mostly from Brazil (59), South Korea (1) and Angola (1).
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Questions
- Where does the surname Oliveira come from?
- Borrowed from Portuguese Oliveira.
- How common is the surname Oliveira?
- 19,055 people in the United States had the surname Oliveira in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,203 Americans. It ranked 1,887th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Oliveira?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Oliveira identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Oliveira?
- Donizete Oliveira, Brazilian association football player, followed by Ricardo Oliveira.
- Where is the surname Oliveira most common?
- Wikidata records people named Oliveira in Brazil, South Korea and Angola and 2 other countries.
- Is the surname Oliveira getting more or less common?
- More common. 14,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,055 in 2010, up 33%.