Given name & surname
Ferreira
Ferreira is a surname from Portuguese. It is used in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Afrikaans.
Meaning & origin
Ferreira’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Ferreira as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form HERRERA. In Portuguese usage, Ferreira as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Smith. In Spanish usage, Ferreira as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with HERRERA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ferreira has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Portuguese roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ferreira
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