The surname Coelho
A Portuguese surname, carried by 5,593 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex C400
Origin
Portuguese origin
Borrowed from Portuguese Coelho.
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 5,593 people named Coelho in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,202 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,651.
Who is named Coelho
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Coelho identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 84%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 4.5%
- Two or more races 3.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Famous Coelhos
10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Paulo CoelhoBrazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947)
- Victor Vinícius Coelho dos SantosBrazilian association football player, born 1993
- Coelho NetoBrazilian writer and politician (1864–1934)
- Elzo CoelhoBrazilian footballer, born 1961
- Ygor CoelhoBadminton player, born 1996
- Richard Candido CoelhoAssociation football player, born 1994
- Tony CoelhoAmerican politician from California (born 1942)
- Paula Francisco CoelhoAngolan politician, born 1981
- PreguinhoBrazilian footballer (1905-1979)
- Ruy GuerraBrazilian-Mozambican film director and actor (born 1931)
Notable Coelhos come mostly from Brazil (7), the United States (1) and Angola (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Coelho has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.
Other Portuguese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Coelho come from?
- Borrowed from Portuguese Coelho.
- How common is the surname Coelho?
- 5,593 people in the United States had the surname Coelho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,202 Americans. It ranked 6,124th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Coelho?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Coelho identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Coelho?
- Paulo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947), followed by Victor Vinícius Coelho dos Santos.
- Where is the surname Coelho most common?
- Wikidata records people named Coelho in Brazil, the United States and Angola and 1 other country.
- Is the surname Coelho getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,593 in 2010, up 20%.