# Goncalves (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/goncalves/  
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) | 8,000 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,437 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,593 people |
| Change since 2000 | +34% (5,959 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Portuguese Gonçalves.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Goncalves 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Goncalves in Brazil, Angola, Portugal, Empire of Brazil and Italy.

## People named Goncalves

- Gilberto Ribeiro Gonçalves, Brazilian association football player
- Aílton Gonçalves da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- Esmaël Gonçalves, Bissau-Guinean association football player
- Eduardo Gonçalves de Oliveira, Brazilian association football player
- Antônio Rinaldo Gonçalves, Brazilian association football player
- Kaio Felipe Gonçalves, Brazilian association football player
- Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes, Brazilian footballer
- Ismaily Gonçalves dos Santos, Brazilian footballer (born 1990)
- Gonçalves Dias, Brazilian poet and dramatist (1823–1864)
- Lucas Vinicius Gonçalves Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Otacílio Gonçalves, Brazilian football manager
- Luís Oliveira Gonçalves, Angolan footballer

and 33 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Gonzalez, Gonzales, Gonsalves, Gonsalez, Gonsales, Gengler, Giancola, Gensler, Gonzalezlopez, Gunkel, Gingold.

## 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.