The Correia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,126 people carried this name — #3,525 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,200 people counted. That is up 13% from 8,993 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Correia surname
From correia (“leather strap”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Correia» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,399 people named Correia 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 1,029 people named Correia 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 813 people named Correia.
Most of them — 511 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Yvelines.
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
37 people named Correia 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
Correia in American newspapers,
1905–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,702 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Correia,
with a public archive behind them.
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João António Correia 1822–1896 · painter -
Guilherme António Correia 1829–1890 · painter -
Januário Correia de Almeida 1829–1901 · military personnel -
José Dias Correia de Carvalho 1830–1911 · Catholic priest -
Manuel Francisco Correia 1831–1905 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 222 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Correia.
- Corrado 4,021 · U.S. census
- Corral 16,808 · U.S. census
- Corrales 11,348 · U.S. census
- Corrao 1,451 · U.S. census
- Corre 140 · U.S. census
- Correa 38,232 · U.S. census
- Corrier 116 · U.S. census
- Corrieri 244 · U.S. census
- Corrion 164 · U.S. census
- Corron 500 · U.S. census
- Cors 179 · U.S. census
- Corsetti 813 · U.S. census
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