# Pessoa (surname)

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

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 530 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,100 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 582,539 people |
| Change since 2000 | +62% (327 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pessoa.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pessoa 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pessoa in Brazil.

## People named Pessoa

- Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian politician and judge (1865-1942)
- Rodrigo Pessoa, Brazilian equestrian
- Mayssa Pessoa, Brazilian handball player
- Ciro Pessoa, Brazilian singer (1957–2020)

## Similar surnames

Page, Peck, Pace, Pugh, Pike, Paz, Paige, Posey, Pack, Pease, Peek, Pak.

## 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.