# Pereira (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 29,898 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,175 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,327 people |
| Change since 2000 | +30% (22,921 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pereira.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pereira 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) | 58% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 31% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pereira in Brazil, the United States, Angola, Belgium, the Kingdom of Portugal and Paraguay.

## People named Pereira

- Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer
- Andreas Pereira, Brazilian-Belgian association football player
- Alex Pereira, Brazilian kickboxer and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
- Nuno Álvares Pereira, 14th to 15th-century Portuguese military commander and Carmelite friar, Catholic saint, Co
- Léo Pereira, Brazilian footballer (born 1996)
- Luiz Carlos Pereira, Brazilian association football player
- Ricardo Alves Pereira, Brazilian association football player
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian film director (1928–2018)
- Luís Pereira, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Matheus Pereira, Brazilian association football player (born 1996)
- Thiago Pereira, Brazilian swimmer
- Teliana Pereira, Brazilian tennis player

and 54 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Perera, Pereyra, Perreira, Perrier, Pryor, Poirier, Prior, Puryear.

## 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.