The surname Teixeira
A Portuguese surname, carried by 8,895 people in the United States.
Pronounced /təˈʃɛəɹə/ 3 syllables Soundex T260
Origin
Portuguese origin
Borrowed from Portuguese Teixeira.
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 8,895 people named Teixeira in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,710 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,303.
Who is named Teixeira
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
75% of people named Teixeira identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 75%
- Black (not Hispanic) 11%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.0%
- Two or more races 4.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Famous Teixeiras
15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Alex TeixeiraBrazilian footballer, born 1990
- Luan Garcia TeixeiraBrazilian footballer, born 1993
- Mark TeixeiraAmerican politician and former baseball player (born 1980)
- Glover TeixeiraBrazilian mixed martial artist, born 1979
- Marlon TeixeiraBrazilian model, born 1991
- Lorenne Geraldo TeixeiraBrazilian volleyball player, born 1996
- Ruan Teixeira SilvaBrazilian association football player, born 1991
- Abner TeixeiraBrazilian boxer, born 1996
- Jack TeixeiraAmerican soldier and leaker of the 2023 Pentagon document leaks
- Vinicius Elías TeixeiraBrazilian futsal player, born 1977
- Lúcia TeixeiraBrazilian Paralympic judoka, born 1981
- Gabriel TeixeiraBrazilian footballer, born 2001
Notable Teixeiras come mostly from Brazil (12), the United States (2) and Guinea-Bissau (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Teixeira has the Soundex code T260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T260.
Other Portuguese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Teixeira come from?
- Borrowed from Portuguese Teixeira.
- How common is the surname Teixeira?
- 8,895 people in the United States had the surname Teixeira in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,710 Americans. It ranked 3,994th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Teixeira?
- In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Teixeira identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Teixeira?
- Alex Teixeira, Brazilian footballer, followed by Luan Garcia Teixeira.
- Where is the surname Teixeira most common?
- Wikidata records people named Teixeira in Brazil, the United States and Guinea-Bissau.
- How do you pronounce Teixeira?
- Teixeira is /təˈʃɛəɹə/, 3 syllables.
- Is the surname Teixeira getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,895 in 2010, up 22%.