The Teixeira surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,895 people carried this name — #3,994 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,100 people counted. That is up 22% from 7,303 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Teixeira surname
From teixo (“yew”) + -eira, from -eiro.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Teixeira» (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
5,293 people named Teixeira 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/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 1,229 people named Teixeira.
Most of them — 802 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 1,053 people named Teixeira 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Teixeira 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.
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
41 people named Teixeira is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Teixeira in American newspapers,
1885–1897.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,558 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Teixeira,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tristão Teixeira 1395–1480 · explorer -
Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho Teixeira de Andrade Barbosa 1823–1894 · politician -
Teixeira de Aragão 1823–1903 · physician -
Teixeira de Queirós 1848–1919 · writer -
Madame Brouillard 1852–1925 · fortune teller
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 237 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Teixeira.
- Tchen 144 · U.S. census
- Te 1,246 · U.S. census
- Tea 1,146 · U.S. census
- Tedaldi 121 · U.S. census
- Tedeschi 2,321 · U.S. census
- Tedesco 6,133 · U.S. census
- Tejedor 173 · U.S. census
- Tejero 372 · U.S. census
- Tekin 310 · U.S. census
- Telemaque 425 · U.S. census
- Tell 1,536 · U.S. census
- Tella 435 · U.S. census
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