The Carreira surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 914 people carried this name — #25,430 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
257 people named Carreira live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Carreira.
Most of them — 59 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Val-de-Marne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carreira.
- Carras 430 · U.S. census
- Carrasco 24,343 · U.S. census
- Carratala 136 · U.S. census
- Carre 574 · U.S. census
- Carreau 306 · U.S. census
- Carree 119 · U.S. census
- Carrel 951 · U.S. census
- Carreno 4,512 · U.S. census
- Carrer 113 · U.S. census
- Carrera 11,752 · U.S. census
- Carreras 2,039 · U.S. census
- Carrere 366 · U.S. census
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