How common is the surname Couto?

3,066 people in the United States had the surname Couto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,700 Americans. It ranked 10,478th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Couto?

In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Couto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Couto?

Yan Couto, Brazilian footballer (born 2002), followed by Juliana Paes.

Where is the surname Couto most common?

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

Is the surname Couto getting more or less common?

More common. 2,848 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,066 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Couto

A surname, carried by 3,066 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Couto is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

From Galician Couto or Portuguese Couto.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,066 people named Couto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,700 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,848.

#10,478

rank among US surnames

3,066

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,363)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,471	Cevallos	3,069	100,601
#10,472	Taulbee	3,068	100,634
#10,473	Stough	3,067	100,667
#10,478	Doud	3,066	100,700
#10,480	Putney	3,065	100,733
#10,484	Caylor	3,064	100,766
#10,486	Caffrey	3,062	100,831

Who is named Couto

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

81% of people named Couto identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coutos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Yan Couto
Brazilian footballer (born 2002)
Juliana Paes
Brazilian actress, born 1979
Bruce Venture
American pornographic actor, born 1985

Notable Coutos come mostly from Brazil (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Couto

Couto has the Soundex code C300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C300.

Questions

Where does the surname Couto come from?: From Galician Couto or Portuguese Couto.
How common is the surname Couto?: 3,066 people in the United States had the surname Couto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,700 Americans. It ranked 10,478th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Couto?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Couto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Couto?: Yan Couto, Brazilian footballer (born 2002), followed by Juliana Paes.
Where is the surname Couto most common?: Wikidata records people named Couto in Brazil and the United States.
Is the surname Couto getting more or less common?: More common. 2,848 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,066 in 2010, up 7.7%.