The Cerqueira surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 667 people carried this name — #34,073 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 25% from 534 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
415 people named Cerqueira live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 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 240 people named Cerqueira.
117 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 168 people named Cerqueira 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.
Who carried it
People named Cerqueira,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dionísio Cerqueira 1847–1910 · politician -
Afonso Cerqueira 1872–1957 · military personnel -
Afonso Cerqueira 1872–1957 · military personnel
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António do Lago Cerqueira 1880–1945 · politician -
António do Lago Cerqueira 1880–1945 · politician
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Luís Cerqueira 1552–1614 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cerqueira.
- Ceriani 207 · U.S. census
- Cerini 301 · U.S. census
- Cerise 394 · U.S. census
- Cerna 5,726 · U.S. census
- Cerny 3,227 · U.S. census
- Ceron 4,998 · U.S. census
- Cerrato 3,067 · U.S. census
- Cerri 358 · U.S. census
- Cerro 564 · U.S. census
- Cerrone 2,265 · U.S. census
- Cerruti 480 · U.S. census
- Certain 939 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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