# Couto (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/couto/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,066 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,478 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 100,700 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.7% (2,848 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Galician Couto or Portuguese Couto.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Couto 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 15% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Couto in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Couto

- Yan Couto, Brazilian footballer (born 2002)
- Juliana Paes, Brazilian actress
- Bruce Venture, American pornographic actor

## Similar surnames

Cote, Cota, Cotto, Cueto, Coto, Coutu, Coty, Coit, Cody, Choate, Cady, Cathey.

## 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.