The Vieira surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,420 people carried this name — #3,425 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,300 people counted. That is up 14% from 9,129 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,071 people named Vieira 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 2,921 people named Vieira 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 745 people named Vieira.
Most of them — 406 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 68 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 the Nordic population registers
37 people named Vieira 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
Vieira in American newspapers,
1891–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,017 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vieira,
with a public archive behind them.
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António Vieira 1607–1696 · writer -
João Fernandes Vieira 1613–1681 · politician -
Vieira Lusitano 1699–1783 · engineer -
João Vieira de Carvalho 1781–1847 · engineer -
António José Vieira Rodrigues Fartura 1794–1868 · land owner
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 185 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vieira.
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