Pereira Family History
Pereira Name Meaning
Portuguese, Galician, and Jewish (Sephardic): topographic name from
Portuguese pereira ‘pear tree’, or a habitational name from a
place named with this word in Portugal and Galicia. AB, DK, kh The
surname is also common in western India, having been taken there by
Portuguese colonists.
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Name Distribution of Pereira Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pereira families
 52 - 102  18 - 51 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pereira families
|
32 - 61 11 - 31 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pereira families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Pereira Family Origin
Pereira Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Pereira
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Pereira Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Pereira Civil War Service Records
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