The surname Perera
A Spanish surname, carried by 4,242 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P660
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish (cognate with Portuguese Pereira and Galician Pereira), or from Sinhalese පෙරේරා (perērā).
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,242 people named Perera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,783 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,909.
Who is named Perera
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
47% of people named Perera identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 47%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34%
- White (not Hispanic) 15%
- Two or more races 2.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Perera has the Soundex code P660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P660.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Perera come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish (cognate with Portuguese Pereira and Galician Pereira), or from Sinhalese පෙරේරා (perērā).
- How common is the surname Perera?
- 4,242 people in the United States had the surname Perera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,783 Americans. It ranked 7,801st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Perera?
- In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Perera identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Perera getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,909 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,242 in 2010, up 46%.