How common is the surname Perreira?

2,398 people in the United States had the surname Perreira in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,751 Americans. It ranked 12,837th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Perreira?

In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Perreira identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Perreira getting more or less common?

More common. 1,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,398 in 2010, up 24%.

The surname Perreira

A surname, carried by 2,398 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Perreira is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,398 people named Perreira in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,751 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,937.

#12,837

rank among US surnames

2,398

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+23.8%

change since 2000 (was #14,212)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,831	Loe	2,401	128,590
#12,833	Vinci	2,400	128,644
#12,835	Digirolamo	2,399	128,698
#12,837	Perreira	2,398	128,751
#12,842	Bridgers	2,397	128,805

Who is named Perreira

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

54% of people named Perreira identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 16% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 54%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16%
Two or more races 16%
Asian and Pacific Islander 9.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Perreira

Perreira has the Soundex code P660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P660.

Questions

How common is the surname Perreira?: 2,398 people in the United States had the surname Perreira in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,751 Americans. It ranked 12,837th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Perreira?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Perreira identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Perreira getting more or less common?: More common. 1,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,398 in 2010, up 24%.