as a Last Name
- 7,130
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Teixeira
Meaning & Origins
Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of the places in Portugal and Galicia named Teixeira (written Teijeira in Castilian Spanish), from a derivative of Portuguese and Galician teixo ‘yew tree’ (Latin taxus).
| 4,304th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,130
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Teixeira per capita
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