The Sequeira surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,631 people carried this name — #9,006 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 81,300 people counted. That is up 26% from 2,887 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 22,965 people named Sequeira 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
382 people named Sequeira live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 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 93 people named Sequeira.
Most of them — 69 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
Sequeira in American newspapers,
1903–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 287 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sequeira,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domingos Sequeira 1768–1837 · painter -
Gustavo de Matos Sequeira 1880–1962 · writer -
Bridget Sequeira 1905–1987 · academic -
Benvindo Sequeira 1947– · actor -
Malcolm Sequeira 1961– · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 97 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sequeira.
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