# Galvao (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/galvao/  
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) | 619 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,204 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 498,781 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (431 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Portuguese Galvão, ultimately from Latin Galbanus, from Galba + -anus (“-an”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvan, Galvano, and Galvani.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Galvao 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Galvao in Brazil and Italy.

## People named Galvao

- João Pedro Galvao, Brazilian-Italian footballer
- Mauro Galvão, Brazilian footballer
- Frei Galvão, Brazilian Franciscan friar
- Cleo Pires, Brazilian actress, singer, producer and writer

## Similar surnames

Gallop, Gallup, Golub, Guilbeau, Gelb, Guallpa, Gelpi, Gilboy, Guliyev.

## 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.