The Figueira surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 809 people carried this name — #29,261 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 33% from 606 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 810 people named Figueira 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
203 people named Figueira live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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 88 people named Figueira.
Most of them — 64 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 print
Figueira in American newspapers,
1808–1952.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 444 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Figueira,
with a public archive behind them.
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Guilhem Figueira 1195–1250 · composer -
Baltazar Gomes Figueira 1604–1674 · painter -
Josefa de Óbidos 1630–1684 · artist -
Maria Tomásia Figueira Lima 1826–1902 · activist -
José Henriques Figueira 1860–1946 · educator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 45 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Figueira.
- Fievet 137 · U.S. census
- Figard 261 · U.S. census
- Figari 161 · U.S. census
- Figaro 1,374 · U.S. census
- Figiel 431 · U.S. census
- Figoni 103 · U.S. census
- Figueiredo 2,439 · U.S. census
- Figueras 848 · U.S. census
- Figueredo 2,269 · U.S. census
- Figueroa 98,468 · U.S. census
- Fil 220 · U.S. census
- Fila 516 · U.S. census
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