# Pinheiro (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pinheiro/  
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) | 2,445 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,652 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 126,276 people |
| Change since 2000 | +24% (1,969 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pinheiro.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pinheiro 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pinheiro in Brazil and Kingdom of the Netherlands.

## People named Pinheiro

- Julio César Pinheiro, Brazilian association football player
- Alan Pinheiro, Brazilian association football player
- Helô Pinheiro, Brazilian model and actress
- Rogério Pinheiro dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- Leila Pinheiro, Brazilian recording artist; singer, pianist and composer
- Anésia Pinheiro Machado, Brazilian aviator and flight instructor
- Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress and writer
- Clara Nunes, Brazilian recording artist, singer (1943–1983)
- Nathalia Kaur, Brazilian model and actress
- Philip Van Zandt, actor (1904–1958)

## Similar surnames

Pineiro, Pinero, Piner, Pinner, Pomeroy, Penner, Poyner.

## 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.