The Pinheiro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,445 people carried this name — #12,652 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 120,500 people counted. That is up 24% from 1,969 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pinheiro surname
A surname transferred from the common noun.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pinheiro» (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
1,025 people named Pinheiro 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 736 people named Pinheiro 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 Misiones.
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 305 people named Pinheiro.
Most of them — 192 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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
Pinheiro in American newspapers,
1851–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 345 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pinheiro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Diogo Pinheiro 1437–1526 · Catholic priest -
Joaquim José Pinheiro de Vasconcelos 1788–1884 · judge -
José Joaquim Pinheiro 1833–1894 · historian -
António Patrício da Terra Pinheiro 1837–1912 · politician -
Bernardino Pereira Pinheiro 1837–1896 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 228 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pinheiro.
- Pineda 60,820 · U.S. census
- Pinel 384 · U.S. census
- Pinelli 824 · U.S. census
- Pinero 2,585 · U.S. census
- Pinet 374 · U.S. census
- Pinhas 123 · U.S. census
- Pini 612 · U.S. census
- Pink 2,578 · U.S. census
- Pinna 245 · U.S. census
- Pino 10,993 · U.S. census
- Pinol 113 · U.S. census
- Pinon 6,938 · U.S. census
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