# Paiva (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,365 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,643 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 91,752 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (3,016 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Paiva 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 12% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 4.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Paiva in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Paiva

- Nestor Paiva, American actor (1905-1966)
- Juliana Paiva, Brazilian actress
- Silvio Paiva, Brazilian footballer
- Bueno de Paiva, Brazilian politician
- Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Brazilian writer, playwright and journalist
- Wanderley Paiva, Brazilian association football player (1946-2023
- Rubens Paiva, Brazilian civil engineer and politician who disappeared during the military dictatorship

## Similar surnames

Pavia, Pavao, Papa, Pope, Popp, Pape, Pfaff, Pepe, Poff, Peavy, Papp, Poppe.

## 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.