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    The surname Pires

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 5,746 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P620

    Pires: #5,986 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pires #5,986, 5,746 people Pires: #5,986 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pires #5,986, 5,746 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pires is more common than 96.3% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese Pires.

    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 5,746 people named Pires in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,732 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,733.

    #5,986
    rank among US surnames
    5,746
    people in 2010
    1.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.4%
    change since 2000 (was #6,605)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,977Sylvia5,75653,639
    #5,978Barden5,75553,648
    #5,980Pelton5,75353,667
    #5,982Penney5,75253,676
    #5,983Hagerty5,75053,695
    #5,984McGehee5,74953,704
    #5,985Alden5,74853,714

    Who is named Pires

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

    72% of people named Pires identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.6%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Piress

    12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Glória Pires
      Brazilian actress, born 1963
    • Cleo Pires
      Brazilian actress, singer, producer and writer, born 1982
    • Sandra Pires
      Brazilian volleyball player, born 1973
    • Felipe Pires
      Brazilian association football player, born 1995
    • Alexandre Pires
      Brazilian singer, born 1976
    • Lucas Pires
      Brazilian footballer (born 2001)
    • Waldir Pires
      Brazilian lawyer and politician, former governor of the state of Bahia (1926–2018)
    • Rui Pires
      Association football player, born 1998
    • Diogo Pires
      Brazilian footballer, born 1981
    • José Sebastião Pires Neto
      Brazilian footballer, born 1956
    • Romário Pires
      Brazilian footballer, born 1989
    • Nicolas Prattes
      Brazilian actor, born 1997

    Notable Piress come mostly from Brazil (11) and Portugal (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pires

    Pires has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pires come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese Pires.
    How common is the surname Pires?
    5,746 people in the United States had the surname Pires in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,732 Americans. It ranked 5,986th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pires?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Pires identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pires?
    Glória Pires, Brazilian actress, followed by Cleo Pires.
    Where is the surname Pires most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pires in Brazil and Portugal.
    Is the surname Pires getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,733 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,746 in 2010, up 21%.