# Vieira (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vieira/  
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) | 10,420 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,425 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,630 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (9,129 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vieira 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vieira in Brazil, the United States, Portugal, Angola, Benin and Andorra.

## People named Vieira

- Marcelo Vieira, Brazilian association football player
- Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian UN diplomat and humanitarian aid officer (1948–2003)
- Luan Vieira, Brazilian footballer
- Leandro Vieira, Brazilian association football player
- Meredith Vieira, American broadcast journalist and television personality (born 1953)
- Celso Vieira, Brazilian association football player
- Douglas Vieira, Brazilian association football player
- Jorvan Vieira, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Filomeno Vieira Dias, Angolan prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1958)
- Olávio Vieira dos Santos Júnior, association football player
- Douglas Vieira, Brazilian judoka
- Joey D. Vieira, American actor

and 11 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Vera, Viera, Vierra, Vieyra, Viray, Vara, Vora, Vore, Vohra, Viar.

## 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.