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Pereira is a surname in the Portuguese and Galician languages in Portugal, Galicia, Brazil, other regions of the former Portuguese Empire, and 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 as a "New Christian" surname.

Notable people
See also Pereyra and Perera. PoliticsAnália de Victória Pereira (1941–2009), Angolan politician • Aristides Pereira (1923–2011), Cape Verdean politician • Carlina Pereira (c. 1926–2011), Cape Verdean politician • Fernando "Cobo" Pereira (born 1963), officer of São Tomé and Príncipe • Gabriel Antonio Pereira (1794–1861), Uruguayan politician and President of Uruguay • António Pestana Garcia Pereira (20/21st century), Portuguese lawyer and politician • Henrique Pereira Rosa (1946–2013), politician from Guinea-Bissau • Ignatius Xavier Pereira (1888–1951), Indian Tamil-Sri Lankan businessman and politician • José Maria Pereira Neves (born 1960), Cape Verdean politician and Prime Minister of Cape Verde • José Pacheco Pereira (born 1949), Portuguese politician and intellectual • • Sofia Pereira (born 1999), Portuguese politician • Tomás Romero Pereira (1886–1982), Paraguayan politician and President of Paraguay • Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes (1868–1966), Brazilian politician and President of Brazil • Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra (1846–1919), Dominican political figure • Julio César Pereyra (born 1951), the mayor of Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina since 2003 • Pereira Silima (born 1959), Tanzanian politician Music and danceAlexander Pereira (born 1947), head of La Scala • Linda Perry (Pereira) (born 1965), American record producer, songwriter, singer • Erica Pereira, New York City Ballet soloist • Steve Perry (Pereira) (born 1949), American singer • Luciano Pereyra (born 1981), Argentine singer • Luis Pereyra (born 1965), Argentine dancer and choreographer of Tango Argentino and Argentinian folklore • Joe Perry (Pereira) (born 1950), American rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter • David Pereira (born 1953), Australian classical cellist • Poppy (Moriah Rose Pereira) (born 1995), American singer and YouTube personality • Linn da Quebrada (Lina Pereira), Brazilian singer, actor, and screenwriter • Tina Pereira, Trinidadian-Canadian ballet dancer • Pocah (Viviane de Queiroz Pereira), Brazilian singer and television personality SportsAdrian Pereira (born 1999), Norwegian footballer • Agnaldo Cordeiro Pereira (born 1975), Brazilian footballer • Alex Pereira (born 1987), Brazilian kickboxer and mixed martial artist, former UFC Middleweight Champion, current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion • Alofiana Khan-Pereira (born 2001), Australian National Rugby League (NRL) player • Aloysius Pereira (1859–1935), Anglo-Indian cricketer • Álvaro Pereira (born 1985), Uruguayan football player • Ana Paula Pereira da Silva Villela (born 1997), Brazilian women's footballer • Andreas Pereira (born 1996), Brazilian footballer • Aurélio Pereira (1947–2025), Portuguese football coach and youth player scout • Bob Pereyra (born 1963), American street luge racer • Carlos Pereyra (1911–?), Argentine boxer • Daniel Pereira (born 1976), Argentine-Uruguayan footballer • Danilo Pereira (born 1991), Portuguese footballer • Darío Pereyra (born 1956), Uruguayan football player • Derrick Pereira (born 1962), Indian football player • Dylan Pereira (born 1997), Luxembourgish racing driver • Edward Pereira (1866–1939), English cricketer and educationalist • Everson Pereira (born 2001), Venezuelan baseball player • Gabriel Pereyra (born 1978), Argentine footballer playing in Mexico • Guillermo Pereyra (born 1980), Argentine-Italian footballer • Jackie Pereira (born 1964), Australian field hockey striker • Jair Pereira (born 1986), Mexican football player • James Pereira (born 1983), Brazilian boxer • João José Pereira (born 1987), Portuguese triathlete • Juan Pablo Pereyra (born 1984), Argentine footballer • Luís Pereira (born 1949), Brazilian international football defender • Luis Pereira (Panamanian footballer) (born 1996), Panamanian footballer • Márcio Pereira Monteiro (born 1962), Brazilian footballer • María del Pilar Pereyra (born 1978), Argentine swimmer • Matheus Pereira (born 1996), Brazilian footballer • Maxi Pereira, Uruguayan football player • Mike Pereira, (NFL) Vice President of Officiating • Mito Pereira (born 1995), Chilean professional golfer • Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro Gomes, Portuguese football player • Nuno Jorge Pereira Silva Valente, Portuguese football player • Ricardo Pereira (born 1976), Portuguese football player • Ricardo Pereira (born 1993), Portuguese football player • Roberto Pereyra (born 1991), Argentine footballer • Sanson Pereira (born 1997), Indian footballer • Shanti Pereira (born 1996), Singaporean athlete • T. J. Pereira (born 1976), Brazilian jockey • Teliana Pereira (born 1988), Brazilian tennis player • Thiago Pereira (born 1986), Brazilian swimmer • Thisara Perera (born 1989), Sri Lankan cricketer • Thomas Pereira (born 1973), Norwegian footballer • Vítor Melo Pereira (born 1957), Portuguese football referee • Viviane Pereira (born 1993), Brazilian mixed martial artist • Wanderley Pereira (born 2001), Brazilian boxer Others Pereire brothers, 19th-century French financiers of Sephardi origin • Baron Diego Pereira D' Aguilar, 1st Baron d'Aguilar (1699–1759), Portuguese-born English financier • Baron Ephraim Lopes Pereira D'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar (1739–1802), English financier • Audrey Brown-Pereira (born 1975), Cook Islands diplomat • Benedict Pereira, Spanish Jesuit priest • Brendan Pereira, Indian advertising executive • Cecil Pereira (1869–1942), British Army officer, commanded 2nd Division during World War I • Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Portuguese explorer • E. O. Eustace Pereira, Sri Lankan Burgher engineer and academic, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon • Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer • Florent Pereira (1952–2020), Indian journalist and film actor • Francisco de Assis Pereira, Brazilian serial killer • Galeote Pereira, 16th-century Portuguese soldier, trader and travel writer (China) • George Pereira, British explorer of Central Asia, diplomat, general and author • Hal Pereira (1905–1983), American production designer and architect • Henry Pereira (1845–1926), Anglican Suffragan bishop • Henry Pereira Mendes (1852–1937), American rabbi • Irene Rice Pereira (1902–1971), American abstract artist, writer, painter • Jacob Rodrigues Pereira (1715–1780), Portuguese educator, one of the inventors of manual language for the deaf • João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira (1931–2019), Brazilian musician • Jonathan Pereira (1804–1853), British pharmacologist • Julia Pereira, Brazilian model • Kevin Pereira (born 1982), American TV host • Marco Pereira (born 1950), Brazilian musician • Maria Pereira (born 1986), Portuguese bioengineering scientist • Michaela Pereira (born 1970), Canadian television personality • Neola Pereira (born 2000), Indian environmentalist • Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360–1431), canonized Portuguese medieval general • Pereira da Silva (1876–1944), Brazilian poet • Sam Pereira (born 1950), American poet • Simeon Anthony Pereira (1927–2006), Pakistani Catholic priest, 3rd Archbishop of Karachi • Soeiro Pereira Gomes (1901–1949), Portuguese writer • Steve Pereira (20th century), British born editor, poet and writer • Wilfred Dennis Pereira (1921–2014), British born writer • William Pereira (1909–1985), American architect • Abraham Israel Pereyra (died 1699), "Portuguese merchant of the Jewish nation" who lived in Amsterdam • Virginia Pereira Álvarez (1882–1947), first Venezuelan woman to study medicine in Venezuela ==Distribution==
Distribution
The surname Pereira (Pereyra spanish spelling) is one of the common surnames in Brazil, where it has a massive and consolidated presence. According to IBGE data, the surname Pereira ranks 5th in national popularity. It is borne by 6,888,212 (six million, eight hundred and eighty-eight thousand, two hundred and twelve) Brazilians. This number places it among the most important foundational surnames in the country. ==See also==
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