# Carvalho (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/carvalho/  
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) | 10,877 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,302 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,385 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (9,131 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Carvalho.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carvalho 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 5.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Carvalho in Brazil, the People's Republic of China, Portugal and the United States.

## People named Carvalho

- Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian journalist, writer, astrologer, essayist, polemicist, digital influencer and ide
- Alan Carvalho, Brazilian-Chinese footballer
- Anderson Carvalho, Brazilian association football player
- Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Beth Carvalho, Brazilian musician (1946–2019)
- Mônica Carvalho, Brazilian actress and former model
- Eleazar de Carvalho, Brazilian conductor, composer and music educator (1912-1996)
- Victor Hugo Santana Carvalho, Brazilian association football player
- Roger Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
- Bernardo Carvalho, Brazilian writer and journalist
- Myke Carvalho, Brazilian boxer
- Paulo Carvalho, Brazilian boxer

and 12 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Caraballo, Carballo, Courville, Crivello, Curbelo, Crabill, Corbeil, Cropley.

## 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.