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    The surname Vieira

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 10,420 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vieira is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    A surname from Portuguese.

    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 10,420 people named Vieira in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,630 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,129.

    #3,425
    rank among US surnames
    10,420
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,571)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,416Ambriz10,44529,559
    #3,417Gandy10,44429,562
    #3,418Sales10,43929,576
    #3,419Fogle10,43429,590
    #3,420Paez10,43329,593
    #3,421Brinkman10,43229,596
    #3,423Conde10,43029,602

    Who is named Vieira

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

    83% of people named Vieira identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vieiras

    23 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marcelo Vieira
      Brazilian association football player, born 1988
    • Sérgio Vieira de Mello
      Brazilian UN diplomat and humanitarian aid officer (1948–2003)
    • Luan Vieira
      Brazilian footballer, born 1993
    • Leandro Vieira
      Brazilian association football player, born 1979
    • Meredith Vieira
      American broadcast journalist and television personality (born 1953)
    • Celso Vieira
      Brazilian association football player, born 1974
    • Douglas Vieira
      Brazilian association football player, born 1987
    • Jorvan Vieira
      Brazilian footballer and manager, born 1953
    • Filomeno Vieira Dias
      Angolan prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1958)
    • Olávio Vieira dos Santos Júnior
      Association football player, born 1996
    • Douglas Vieira
      Brazilian judoka, born 1960
    • Joey D. Vieira
      American actor, 1944–2025

    Notable Vieiras come mostly from Brazil (17), the United States (2) and Portugal (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vieira

    Vieira has the Soundex code V600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V600.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vieira come from?
    Vieira is Portuguese in origin.
    How common is the surname Vieira?
    10,420 people in the United States had the surname Vieira in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,630 Americans. It ranked 3,425th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vieira?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Vieira identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Vieira?
    Marcelo Vieira, Brazilian association football player, followed by Sérgio Vieira de Mello.
    Where is the surname Vieira most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vieira in Brazil, the United States and Portugal and 3 other countries.
    Is the surname Vieira getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,420 in 2010, up 14%.