The Peixoto surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 839 people carried this name — #28,437 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 30% from 646 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Peixoto surname
From Portuguese Peixoto, from peixe (“fish”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Peixoto» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
570 people named Peixoto 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 199 people named Peixoto.
98 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Paris.
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 124 people named Peixoto 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Peixoto in American newspapers,
1893–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,932 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Peixoto,
with a public archive behind them.
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Floriano Peixoto 1839–1895 · politician -
Josina Peixoto 1857–1911 · politician -
Afrânio Peixoto 1876–1947 · writer
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Francisco Peixoto de Magalhães Neto 1897–1969 · physician -
António Augusto Peixoto Correia 1913–1988 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 71 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Peixoto.
- Peifer 1,459 · U.S. census
- Peiffer 2,938 · U.S. census
- Pein 194 · U.S. census
- Peinado 1,615 · U.S. census
- Peine 723 · U.S. census
- Peirano 355 · U.S. census
- Pel 291 · U.S. census
- Pelaez 5,810 · U.S. census
- Pelan 289 · U.S. census
- Pelas 125 · U.S. census
- Pelayo 8,402 · U.S. census
- Pelc 1,003 · U.S. census
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