Pessoa

See also: pessoa, pessôa, and pessõa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pessoa.

Proper noun

Pessoa (plural Pessoas)

1. A surname from Portuguese.

Derived terms

• João Pessoa

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pessoa is the 41100^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 530 individuals. Pessoa is most common among White (65.66%) and Black/African American (20.38%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pessoa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Pessoa m or f by sense

1. a surname