The surname Carvalho
A Portuguese surname, carried by 10,877 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex C614
Origin
Portuguese origin
Borrowed from Portuguese Carvalho.
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 10,877 people named Carvalho in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,385 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,131.
Who is named Carvalho
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Carvalho identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 77%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.6%
- Two or more races 5.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 4.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Famous Carvalhos
24 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Olavo de CarvalhoBrazilian journalist, writer, astrologer, essayist, polemicist, digital influencer and ide, 1947–2022
- Alan CarvalhoBrazilian-Chinese footballer, born 1989
- Anderson CarvalhoBrazilian association football player, born 1990
- Daniel CarvalhoBrazilian footballer and manager, born 1983
- Beth CarvalhoBrazilian musician (1946–2019)
- Mônica CarvalhoBrazilian actress and former model, born 1971
- Eleazar de CarvalhoBrazilian conductor, composer and music educator (1912-1996)
- Victor Hugo Santana CarvalhoBrazilian association football player, born 1998
- Roger CarvalhoBrazilian footballer, born 1986
- Bernardo CarvalhoBrazilian writer and journalist, born 1960
- Myke CarvalhoBrazilian boxer, born 1983
- Paulo CarvalhoBrazilian boxer, born 1986
Notable Carvalhos come mostly from Brazil (21), the People's Republic of China (1) and Portugal (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Carvalho has the Soundex code C614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C614.
Other Portuguese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Carvalho come from?
- Borrowed from Portuguese Carvalho.
- How common is the surname Carvalho?
- 10,877 people in the United States had the surname Carvalho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,385 Americans. It ranked 3,302nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Carvalho?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Carvalho identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Carvalho?
- Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian journalist, writer, astrologer, essayist, polemicist, digital influencer and ide, followed by Alan Carvalho.
- Where is the surname Carvalho most common?
- Wikidata records people named Carvalho in Brazil, the People's Republic of China and Portugal and 1 other country.
- Is the surname Carvalho getting more or less common?
- More common. 9,131 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,877 in 2010, up 19%.