The Almeida surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,760 people carried this name — #2,166 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,600 people counted. That is up 24% from 13,523 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Almeida surname
Borrowed from Arabic الْمَائِدَة (al-māʔida, “the plateau”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Almeida» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 12,185 people named Almeida live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,292 people named Almeida live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 372 people named Almeida.
Most of them — 217 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
62 people named Almeida is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Almeida in American newspapers,
1810–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,385 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Almeida,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lopo de Almeida, 1.º conde de Abrantes 1416–1486 · land owner -
José Simoës d' Almeida 1700–1769 · sculptor -
Francisco António de Almeida 1703–1754 · composer -
Tomás de Almeida 1706–1786 -
Teodoro de Almeida 1722–1804 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 294 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Almeida.
- Allo 261 · U.S. census
- Alloy 259 · U.S. census
- Alma 526 · U.S. census
- Almand 910 · U.S. census
- Almansa 116 · U.S. census
- Almanza 14,708 · U.S. census
- Almes 146 · U.S. census
- Almodovar 4,112 · U.S. census
- Almon 1,809 · U.S. census
- Almont 143 · U.S. census
- Almy 1,137 · U.S. census
- Aloi 975 · U.S. census
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