# Perera (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/perera/  
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 | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,242 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,801 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,783 people |
| Change since 2000 | +46% (2,909 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish (cognate with Portuguese Pereira and Galician Pereira), or from Sinhalese පෙරේරා (perērā).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Perera 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) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 34% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 47% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Similar surnames

Pereira, 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.