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    The surname Silveira

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 6,267 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S416

    Silveira: #5,545 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Silveira #5,545, 6,267 people Silveira: #5,545 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Silveira #5,545, 6,267 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Silveira is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese Silveira.

    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 6,267 people named Silveira in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,265 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,437.

    #5,545
    rank among US surnames
    6,267
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,824)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,540Probst6,27149,234
    #5,542McCants6,27049,242
    #5,543Milan6,26849,257
    #5,545Doucet6,26749,265

    Who is named Silveira

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

    80% of people named Silveira identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Silveiras

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Miguel Silveira
      Brazilian footballer, born 2003
    • Nicole Silveira
      Brazilian skeleton racer, born 1994
    • Luiz Henrique da Silveira
      Brazilian politician (1940-2015)
    • Juliana Silveira
      Brazilian actress and singer, born 1980
    • Lyanco
      Brazilian association football player, born 1997

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Silveira

    Silveira has the Soundex code S416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S416.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Silveira come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese Silveira.
    How common is the surname Silveira?
    6,267 people in the United States had the surname Silveira in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,265 Americans. It ranked 5,545th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Silveira?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Silveira identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Silveira?
    Miguel Silveira, Brazilian footballer, followed by Nicole Silveira.
    Where is the surname Silveira most common?
    Wikidata records people named Silveira in Brazil.
    Is the surname Silveira getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,437 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,267 in 2010, up 15%.