Pereira (surname)

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Pereira
Coat of arms associated with Pereira surname
Pronunciation[pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ] or [peˈɾejɾɐ]
Origin
Word/namePortuguese, Galician
Meaning"pear tree"
Region of originPortugal, and Galicia region of Spain
Other names
Variant form(s)Da Pereira, Dapereira, Pereyra, Pereiras, Pereyras, Perera, Pereire, Peral, Perales and others
The coat of arms of Saint Nuno Álvares Pereira. The cross, which is a cross flory voided, is a common charge found in the coats of arms of Pereira families, as are the red and white colours.
Diego Pereira d'Aguilar, a baron
of the Holy Roman Empire and privy councilor to the Crowns of the Netherlands and Italy

Pereira is a

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

Pereire. Many Portuguese immigrants to the United States, especially Massachusetts, chose to Americanize their surname into Perry
.

Notable people

See also Pereyra and Perera.

Politics

  • Anália 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
  • 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 dance

  • Alexander 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

Sports

Others

See also

External links

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