Ferreira (Latin ferraria and ferrus) is a Portuguese and Galician toponymic surname, meaning "iron mine" (name of several locations in Portugal) and also the feminine of "blacksmith" ("ferreiro").

The variants Ferreiro, Ferreiró, Ferreiros or Ferraria are less common. Like Smith in English or Schmidt in German,[1] this Portuguese equivalent surname is one of the most common in the country. This surname exists mainly in Lusophone countries, South Africa,[2] and also, via Galician migration, in Spanish speaking countries and numerous other nations around the world.

People with the surname include:

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