# Coutinho (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coutinho/  
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) | 920 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,516 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 335,593 people |
| Change since 2000 | +40% (656 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Coutinho.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coutinho 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) | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 20% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coutinho in Brazil and Spain.

## People named Coutinho

- Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian association football player
- Bruno Coutinho, Brazilian association football player
- Cláudio Coutinho, Brazilian football manager (1939-1981)
- Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian film director (1933-2014)
- Douglas Coutinho, Brazilian association football player
- Rita Cadillac, Brazilian dancer and singer

## Similar surnames

Cotton, Cheatham, Cadena, Cedeno, Cotten, Caton, Chatham, Cowden, Cauthen, Catania, Cawthon, Cayton.

## 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.