The surname Pinheiro
A Portuguese surname, carried by 2,445 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P560
Origin
Portuguese origin
Borrowed from Portuguese Pinheiro.
One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,445 people named Pinheiro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,276 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,969.
Who is named Pinheiro
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
81% of people named Pinheiro identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 81%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.4%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Famous Pinheiros
10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Julio César PinheiroBrazilian association football player, born 1976
- Alan PinheiroBrazilian association football player, born 1992
- Helô PinheiroBrazilian model and actress, born 1943
- Rogério Pinheiro dos SantosBrazilian footballer, born 1972
- Leila PinheiroBrazilian recording artist; singer, pianist and composer, born 1960
- Anésia Pinheiro MachadoBrazilian aviator and flight instructor, 1904–1999
- Fernanda MontenegroBrazilian actress and writer, born 1929
- Clara NunesBrazilian recording artist, singer (1943–1983)
- Nathalia KaurBrazilian model and actress, born 1990
- Philip Van ZandtActor (1904–1958)
Notable Pinheiros come mostly from Brazil (9) and Kingdom of the Netherlands (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Pinheiro has the Soundex code P560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P560.
Other Portuguese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Pinheiro come from?
- Borrowed from Portuguese Pinheiro.
- How common is the surname Pinheiro?
- 2,445 people in the United States had the surname Pinheiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,276 Americans. It ranked 12,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pinheiro?
- In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Pinheiro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Pinheiro?
- Julio César Pinheiro, Brazilian association football player, followed by Alan Pinheiro.
- Where is the surname Pinheiro most common?
- Wikidata records people named Pinheiro in Brazil and Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Is the surname Pinheiro getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,445 in 2010, up 24%.