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    The surname Botelho

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 4,726 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B340

    Botelho: #7,084 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Botelho #7,084, 4,726 people Botelho: #7,084 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Botelho #7,084, 4,726 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Botelho is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese Botelho.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,726 people named Botelho in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,329 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,363.

    #7,084
    rank among US surnames
    4,726
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,068)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,075Desilva4,73165,260
    #7,078Walley4,73065,274
    #7,080Silas4,72965,288
    #7,084Botelho4,72665,329
    #7,086Metcalfe4,72565,343
    #7,088Alfano4,72465,357
    #7,091Dai4,72365,371

    Who is named Botelho

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Botelho identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as two or more races and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Two or more races 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Botelhos

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1985

    Notable Botelhos come mostly from Brazil (3) and the Kingdom of Portugal (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Botelho

    Botelho has the Soundex code B340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B340.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Botelho come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese Botelho.
    How common is the surname Botelho?
    4,726 people in the United States had the surname Botelho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,329 Americans. It ranked 7,084th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Botelho?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Botelho identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Botelho?
    Júlio Botelho, Brazilian footballer (1929-2003), followed by Camilo Castelo Branco.
    Where is the surname Botelho most common?
    Wikidata records people named Botelho in Brazil and the Kingdom of Portugal.
    Is the surname Botelho getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,726 in 2010, up 8.3%.