# Perea (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/perea/  
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) | 11,546 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,124 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,740 people |
| Change since 2000 | +31% (8,808 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pəˈɹiːə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Perea 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) | 11% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 86% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Perea in the United States and Ecuador.

## People named Perea

- Brandon Perea, American actor
- Ítalo Perea, boxer

## Similar surnames

Pierre, Peery, Peer, Pera, Pero, Pere, Perry, Parra, Parr, Power, Parry, Poore.

## 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.