The Pera surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,631 people carried this name — #11,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 112,400 people counted. That is down 24% from 3,461 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,378 people named Pera 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 Poland’s population register
700 people named Pera have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 779 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 304 people named Pera.
76 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
107 people named Pera live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Pera live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
178 people named Pera are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Pera in American newspapers,
1905–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 130,548 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pera,
with a public archive behind them.
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Girolamo Pera 1690–1771 · composer
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Pietro Luigi Pera 1796–1846 · Catholic priest
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Giacomo Pera 1814–1887 · politician
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Giacomo Pera 1814–1887 · politician
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Francesco Pera 1832–1914 · pedagogue
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Luigi Pera 1879–1950 · religious writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pera.
- Pepin 4,731 · U.S. census
- Pepino 151 · U.S. census
- Pepion 140 · U.S. census
- Pepiot 129 · U.S. census
- Peplinski 1,570 · U.S. census
- Pequignot 549 · U.S. census
- Peral 565 · U.S. census
- Peraldo 127 · U.S. census
- Perales 14,593 · U.S. census
- Peralta 36,585 · U.S. census
- Perasso 129 · U.S. census
- Perault 299 · U.S. census
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