Perera

Perera is a surname of Portuguese origin. The name is a variant of the common Portuguese surname Pereira (meaning pear tree). There are other variants in the Iberian Peninsula: Perer (Catalan), Perero, Pereros (Extremadura, Salamanca and Valladolid), Pereyra, Pereyras, Das Pereiras, Paraira (Portuguese), Pereire, Pereyre (Pyrenees), Pereiro, Pereiros (Galician).

General

  • Augurio Perera, Spanish pioneer of lawn tennis and a founder of the world's first tennis club
  • Ajith C. S. Perera, Sri Lankan academic, manager and cricket umpire
  • Anura C. Perera, Sri Lankan American Sinhala science writer and astronomer
  • Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana, Sri Lankan businessman, philanthropist and pioneer of the Buddhist revival movement
  • Cheryl Perera (born 1986), Sri Lankan Canadian children's rights activist
  • Dhammika Perera, Sri Lankan businessman, philanthropist, and politician. He is one of the wealthiest people in Sri Lanka.
  • Elmo Noel Joseph Perera (1932-2015), 5th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galle
  • Frederica Perera (born 1941), American environmental health scientist
  • Izidor Perera-Matić, Croatian physician and partisan during World War II
  • Lionello Perera, Italian-American banker and philanthropist
  • Nadeeka Perera, Sri Lankan model
  • Sylvia Brinton Perera, Jungian psychoanalyst and author

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Surname list
This page lists people with the surname Perera.
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