# Teixeira (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/teixeira/  
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) | 8,895 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,994 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,710 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (7,303 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /təˈʃɛəɹə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Teixeira.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Teixeira 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 4.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Teixeira in Brazil, the United States and Guinea-Bissau.

## People named Teixeira

- Alex Teixeira, Brazilian footballer
- Luan Garcia Teixeira, Brazilian footballer
- Mark Teixeira, American politician and former baseball player (born 1980)
- Glover Teixeira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Marlon Teixeira, Brazilian model
- Lorenne Geraldo Teixeira, Brazilian volleyball player
- Ruan Teixeira Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Abner Teixeira, Brazilian boxer
- Jack Teixeira, American soldier and leaker of the 2023 Pentagon document leaks
- Vinicius Elías Teixeira, Brazilian futsal player
- Lúcia Teixeira, Brazilian Paralympic judoka
- Gabriel Teixeira, Brazilian footballer

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Texeira, Tessier, Tucker, Thacker, Tasker, Thakkar, Tiger, Tooker, Thakur, Tacker, Tokar, Tozer.

## 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.