Da Pereira, Dapereira,
Pereyra, Pereiras, Pereyras,
Perera, Pereire, Peral, Perales and others
Pereira is a
surname in the
Portuguese and
Galician languages, well known and quite common, mostly in Portugal,
Galicia, Brazil, other regions of the former
Portuguese Empire, among
Galician descendants in Spanish-speaking Latin America. The adoption of this surname also became common among
Sephardic Jews of Portuguese origin and was historically spread throughout the Sephardic Jewish diaspora[citation needed]. Origin: toponymic/natural world, from Latin pirum or pyrus (pear, pear-tree). Currently, it is one of the most common surnames in South America and Europe. Started as a
nobleChristian toponym of the
Middle Ages, taken from the
feudal estate of
Pereira, Portugal, which in Portuguese means '
pear tree'.
The variants of this name are more commonly found in other countries like Spain (Galicia) with different spellings such as Pereyra or Perera, Trinidad and Tobago, India (specifically between
Goa and
Kerala along the
Konkan coast), Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In France, the variant is Pereire. Many Portuguese immigrants to the United States, especially
Massachusetts, chose to
Americanize their surname into
Perry.
This page lists people with the
surnamePereira. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
Da Pereira, Dapereira,
Pereyra, Pereiras, Pereyras,
Perera, Pereire, Peral, Perales and others
Pereira is a
surname in the
Portuguese and
Galician languages, well known and quite common, mostly in Portugal,
Galicia, Brazil, other regions of the former
Portuguese Empire, among
Galician descendants in Spanish-speaking Latin America. The adoption of this surname also became common among
Sephardic Jews of Portuguese origin and was historically spread throughout the Sephardic Jewish diaspora[citation needed]. Origin: toponymic/natural world, from Latin pirum or pyrus (pear, pear-tree). Currently, it is one of the most common surnames in South America and Europe. Started as a
nobleChristian toponym of the
Middle Ages, taken from the
feudal estate of
Pereira, Portugal, which in Portuguese means '
pear tree'.
The variants of this name are more commonly found in other countries like Spain (Galicia) with different spellings such as Pereyra or Perera, Trinidad and Tobago, India (specifically between
Goa and
Kerala along the
Konkan coast), Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In France, the variant is Pereire. Many Portuguese immigrants to the United States, especially
Massachusetts, chose to
Americanize their surname into
Perry.
This page lists people with the
surnamePereira. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.