The Pereira surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 29,898 people carried this name — #1,175 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,860 people counted. That is up 30% from 22,921 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 49,785 people named Pereira 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
11,755 people named Pereira live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,497 people named Pereira.
Most of them — 1,994 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 153 people named Pereira 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
49 people named Pereira have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 160 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Pereira in American newspapers,
1821–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,613 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pereira,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nuno Álvares Pereira 1360–1431 · military personnel -
Beatriz Pereira de Alvim 1380–1414 -
Duarte Coelho 1485–1554 · Conqueror -
Gómez Pereira 1500–1567 · physician -
Benedict Pereira 1535–1610 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 179 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pereira.
- Perdigon 188 · U.S. census
- Perdon 142 · U.S. census
- Pere 616 · U.S. census
- Perea 11,546 · U.S. census
- Pereau 119 · U.S. census
- Perego 314 · U.S. census
- Perel 413 · U.S. census
- Perelli 272 · U.S. census
- Perello 366 · U.S. census
- Perera 4,242 · U.S. census
- Peres 5,294 · U.S. census
- Peret 256 · U.S. census
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