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Pereyra, Perera, Perero, Pereiro, Pereire, and others |
Pereira is a common surname in the Portuguese and Galician as well as Sephardic languages, namely in Portugal, Galicia, Brazil and other regions of the former Portuguese Empire.
It was originally a noble Christian toponym of the Middle Ages, taken from the feudal possession of Pereira, Portugal, which in Portuguese means 'pear tree'.
The name also exists in variations such as Pereyra, Perera, Perero, Pereiro, Pereiros, Pereyro, Pereyros, Do Pereiro, Do Pereyro, Pereire, and others. In Portugal there are some families with variations of the name although Pereira is by far the most common. The variants of this name are more commonly found in other countries such as Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, India (specifically Goa) and Sri Lanka. Pereire, for example, is a French variant. Many Portuguese immigrants to the United States, especially Massachusetts, chose to "Americanize" their surname to Perry.
Music and Dance
Alexander Pereira, head of La Scala
Erica Pereira, New York City Ballet soloist
Steve Perry (Pereira) from the band Journey
Luciano Pereyra (born 1981), Argentine singer
Luis Pereyra (born 1965), dancer and choreographer of Tango Argentino and Argentinian folklore
Joe Perry (Pereira) from Aerosmith
Viviane Pereira Musical and Vocal teacher in Florida and Texas as well as online. Lideramus.com
Leise Pereira Vocalist and Choir Director at Fellowship Church in Texas
David Pereira Former drummer at Fellowship Church in Texas
Jonathan Pereira Vocalist and former Choir Leader at Fellowship Church in Texas
Catarina Pereira Portuguese Singer, dancer and actress
Aloysius Pereira (1859–1935), Anglo-Indian cricketer
Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan football player
Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer
Bob Pereyra (born 1963), street luge racer
Carlos Pereyra (born 1911), Argentine boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
Daniel Pereira, Argentine-Uruguayan footballer
Darío Pereyra (born 1956), Uruguayan football player
Derrick Pereira (born 1962), Indian football player
Edward Pereira (1866–1939), English cricketer and educationalist
Gabriel Pereyra (born 1978), Argentine footballer playing in Mexico
Guillermo Pereyra (born 1980), Argentine-Italian footballer
Jackie Pereira, Australian field hockey striker
James Pereira, Brazilian boxer
João José Pereira, Portuguese triathlete
Juan Pablo Pereyra (born 1984), Argentine footballer
María del Pilar Pereyra (born 1978), Argentine swimmer
Maxi Pereira, Uruguayan football Player
Mike Pereira, (NFL) Vice President of Officiating
Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro Gomes, Portuguese football player
Nuno Jorge Pereira Silva Valente, Portuguese football player
Ricardo Pereira, Portuguese football player
Roberto Pereyra (born 1991), Argentine footballer
T. J. Pereira (born 1976), Brazilian jockey
Teliana Pereira (born 1988), Brazilian tennis player
Thiago Pereira, Brazilian swimmer
Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
Ubirajara Pereira (born 1970), Portuguese volleyball player
Vítor Melo Pereira, Portuguese football referee
Baron Diego Pereira D' Aguilar, 1st Baron d'Aguilar, Jewish financier
Baron Ephraim Lopes Pereira D'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar Jewish financier
Benedict Pereira, Jesuit priest
Brendan Pereira, Creative Director
Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Portuguese explorer
Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer
Francisco de Assis Pereira, Brazilian serial killer
Galeote Pereira, 16th-century Portuguese soldier, trader and travel writer (China)
George Pereira, explorer of Central Asia, diplomat, general and author
Hal Pereira (1905-1983), American production designer and architect
Henry Pereira Mendes (1852–1937), American rabbi
Irene Rice Pereira (1902–1971), American abstract artist, writer, painter
Jacob Rodrigues Pereira, one of the inventors of manual language for the deaf
João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian musician
Jonathan Pereira, British pharmacologist
Julia Pereira, Brazilian model
Kevin Pereira, American TV host
Marco Pereira, Brazilian musician
Michaela Pereira, Canadian television personality
Nuno Álvares Pereira, canonized Portuguese medieval general
Sam Pereira, American poet
Simeon Anthony Pereira, Pakistani Catholic priest, 3rd Archbishop of Karachi
Soeiro Pereira Gomes, Portuguese writer
Steve Pereira, British born editor, poet and writer
William Pereira, American architect
Leonardo Pereyra-Iraola, Argentine lawyer, from the landowner aristocracy of the Pereyra Iraola park
Abraham Israel Pereyra (died 1699), very wealthy and important "Portuguese merchant of the Jewish nation," who lived in Amsterdam
Rogerio Pereira and Vanessa Pereira Canadian teachers, Brazilian born, living in Calgary, Alberta.
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