# Amaral (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/amaral/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,567 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,709 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,272 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (8,510 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Amaral in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 17% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Amaral in Brazil.

## People named Amaral

- Dante Amaral, Brazilian volleyball player
- Amaral, Brazilian association football player (1954–2024)
- Tabata Amaral, Brazilian political scientist, astrophysicist, activist, politician and Federal Representa
- Paulo Amaral, Brazilian association football player (1923-2008)
- Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
- Suzana Amaral, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (1932-2020)
- Marina Amaral, Brazilian colorist
- Amaral, Brazilian association football player, born 1981
- Gaby Amarantos, Brazilian singer
- Paulo Gustavo, Brazilian actor

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.