# Coelho (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coelho/  
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) | 5,593 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,124 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 55,202 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (4,651 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Coelho.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coelho 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coelho in Brazil, the United States, Angola and Portugal.

## People named Coelho

- Paulo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947)
- Victor Vinícius Coelho dos Santos, Brazilian association football player
- Coelho Neto, Brazilian writer and politician (1864–1934)
- Elzo Coelho, Brazilian footballer
- Ygor Coelho, badminton player
- Richard Candido Coelho, association football player
- Tony Coelho, American politician from California (born 1942)
- Paula Francisco Coelho, Angolan politician
- Preguinho, Brazilian footballer (1905-1979)
- Ruy Guerra, Brazilian-Mozambican film director and actor (born 1931)

## Similar surnames

Cole, Cowell, Coello, Clay, Cooley, Cahill, Coyle, Calloway, Coley, Call, Callaway, Colley.

## 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.