The surname Pereira
A Portuguese surname, carried by 29,898 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P660
Origin
Portuguese origin
Borrowed from Portuguese Pereira.
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 29,898 people named Pereira in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,327 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,921.
Who is named Pereira
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
58% of people named Pereira identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 58%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 5.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Famous Pereiras
66 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Denílson Pereira NevesBrazilian footballer, born 1988
- Andreas PereiraBrazilian-Belgian association football player, born 1996
- Alex PereiraBrazilian kickboxer and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, born 1987
- Nuno Álvares Pereira14th to 15th-century Portuguese military commander and Carmelite friar, Catholic saint, Co, 1360–1431
- Léo PereiraBrazilian footballer (born 1996)
- Luiz Carlos PereiraBrazilian association football player, born 1960
- Ricardo Alves PereiraBrazilian association football player, born 1988
- Nelson Pereira dos SantosBrazilian film director (1928–2018)
- Luís PereiraBrazilian footballer and manager, born 1949
- Matheus PereiraBrazilian association football player (born 1996)
- Thiago PereiraBrazilian swimmer, born 1986
- Teliana PereiraBrazilian tennis player, born 1988
Notable Pereiras come mostly from Brazil (49), the United States (6) and Angola (2).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Pereira has the Soundex code P660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P660.
Other Portuguese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Pereira come from?
- Borrowed from Portuguese Pereira.
- How common is the surname Pereira?
- 29,898 people in the United States had the surname Pereira in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,327 Americans. It ranked 1,175th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pereira?
- In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Pereira identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Pereira?
- Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer, followed by Andreas Pereira.
- Where is the surname Pereira most common?
- Wikidata records people named Pereira in Brazil, the United States and Angola and 3 other countries.
- Is the surname Pereira getting more or less common?
- More common. 22,921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,898 in 2010, up 30%.