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The PERREIRA surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,937 14212 0.001 7
United States (1880 census) 1 112597 0 0
Change since 1880 +1936 +98385 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 6 127659 0 0
United Kingdom 20 28590 0 0
Top States for PERREIRA by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Hawaii 595 119 0.049 491
California 433 7602 0.001 13
Massachusetts 325 3204 0.005 51
New York 95 23300 0.001 5
Nevada 50 5607 0.003 25
Top States for PERREIRA by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Hawaii 595 119 0.049 491
Massachusetts 325 3204 0.005 51
Nevada 50 5607 0.003 25
Rhode Island 24 7811 0.002 23
California 433 7602 0.001 13

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called PERREIRA live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called PERREIRA represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called PERREIRA in Hawaii than any other state, but you are more likely to find a PERREIRA by picking someone at random in Hawaii than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of PERREIRA

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Portugal

Language of origin: Portuguese

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the PERREIRA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the PERREIRA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of PERREIRA in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 383 19.77
Asian/Pacific 230 11.87
White (Hispanic) 223 11.51
White (Caucasian) 1,052 54.31
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the PERREIRA surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of PERREIRA in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of PERREIRA.

Similar names to PERREIRA

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as PERREIRA.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for PERREIRA

The following words are slight variants of PERREIRA that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.