The Figueiredo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,439 people carried this name — #12,670 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 120,500 people counted. That is up 16% from 2,099 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Figueiredo surname
From figueiredo (“fig orchard”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Figueiredo» (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
1,177 people named Figueiredo live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 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 472 people named Figueiredo 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 151 people named Figueiredo.
Most of them — 102 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Haute-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.
In print
Figueiredo in American newspapers,
1829–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 94 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Figueiredo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira 1795–1876 · military personnel -
Albino de Abranches Freire de Figueiredo 1804–1876 · judge -
José Bento da Cunha Figueiredo 1808–1891 · lawyer -
José de Figueiredo 1872–1937 · historian -
António Mário de Figueiredo Campos 1876–1942 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 248 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Figueiredo.
- 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
- Figueira 809 · 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
- Filho 513 · U.S. census
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