# Botelho (surname)

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

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,726 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,084 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 65,329 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.3% (4,363 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Botelho.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Botelho 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 4.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Botelho in Brazil and the Kingdom of Portugal.

## People named Botelho

- Júlio Botelho, Brazilian footballer (1929-2003)
- Camilo Castelo Branco, 19th-century Portuguese writer (1825–1890)
- Benjamin Constant, Brazilian politician (1836-1891)
- Mariana Rios, Brazilian recording artist, actress

## Similar surnames

Botello, Boutwell, Bothwell, Battle, Badillo, Biddle, Bethel, Bedolla, Bedell, Bidwell, Bedwell, Beadle.

## 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.