Carvalho Surname

564th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 962,238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Carvalho Surname User-submission:

Carvalho means oak, the tree.

Carvalho Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil799,0601:26841
Portugal104,4251:10016
United States12,6871:28,5693,547
France9,9541:6,673562
East Timor8,0201:15245
India7,1571:107,1777,014
Canada2,9541:12,4731,846
Spain2,0361:22,9632,459
England1,7571:31,7124,221
São Tomé and Príncipe1,6791:10624
Cape Verde1,5251:34764
Bolivia8781:12,0921,233
Australia7411:36,4314,787
Senegal7301:19,972520
Angola6901:39,1152,296
Argentina6821:62,6745,353
Switzerland6751:12,1672,012
South Africa6001:90,29611,068
Germany5541:145,31717,517
Venezuela5261:57,4222,706
Belgium4671:24,6183,891
Thailand4411:160,17825,612
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Uruguay3531:9,7221,088
Luxembourg3441:1,688183
Indonesia3271:404,43234,231
Suriname1921:2,878463
Netherlands1651:102,34716,582
Jamaica1191:24,1171,966
Bahrain1181:11,4292,102
Singapore1111:49,6191,908
Andorra1081:776127
Colombia1011:473,0116,864
Italy1001:611,56756,177
New Zealand991:45,7417,523
Paraguay991:73,0981,875
Mozambique961:283,9751,395
Ireland941:50,0953,633
Namibia871:27,6944,331
Trinidad and Tobago751:18,1862,188
United Arab Emirates581:157,97011,714
Scotland511:104,9777,051
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Denmark451:125,43811,414
Mexico451:2,758,36022,009
Malaysia391:756,26235,302
Ivory Coast381:607,13817,958
Guinea-Bissau361:48,00170
Jersey341:2,918527
Chile331:533,83313,415
China301:45,577,3862,472
Panama281:139,7244,684
Northern Ireland271:68,3354,994
Ecuador271:589,10511,569
Norway261:197,78022,769
Wales251:123,7819,267
Russia221:6,551,048261,263
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Japan191:6,728,64742,320
Oman191:194,1043,633
Macau171:35,390346
Peru161:1,986,50825,077
Barbados141:20,5321,076
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Iceland141:27,1492,069
Bermuda121:5,440820
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Afghanistan91:3,572,57620,130
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Malawi81:2,139,88924,009
Monaco71:5,295668
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Belize41:88,8683,294
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Albania31:971,35222,477
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Bahamas31:130,5841,472
Brunei31:139,5773,009
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Haiti31:3,561,30220,668
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Bangladesh21:79,678,38625,993
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
British Virgin Islands21:15,797839
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Ethiopia21:48,773,13129,601
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Guinea21:5,916,9082,656
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Comoros11:749,524685
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Dominica11:75,891912
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

The alternate forms: Carvalhõ (1) & Carválho (1) are calculated separately.

Carvalho (4,455) may also be a first name.

Carvalho Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Carvalho means oak, the tree.

- eneas

Carvalho Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Carvalho Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Carvalho (Marathi: करवालो) is found most frequently in Brazil. It may be found in the variant forms: Carvalhõ or Carválho. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carvalho? popularity and diffusion

Carvalho is the 564th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 7,574 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Carvalho reside; 83 percent reside in South America and 83 percent reside in Luso-South America. Carvalho is also the 103,184th most frequently held forename throughout the world It is held by 4,455 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 799,060 people, or 1 in 268. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 18 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil it occurs in 141 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Carvalho Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Carvalho has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Carvalho last name rose 90,621 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 7,321 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Carvalho Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Carvalho surname are 43.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 97.18% registered with the party.

The amount Carvalho earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 33.44% more than the national average, earning €40,073 per year; in Norway they earn 33.09% more than the national average, earning 460,583 kr per year; in Peru they earn 216.73% more than the national average, earning S/. 61,398 per year; in South Africa they earn 57.42% more than the national average, earning R 374,088 per year; in Colombia they earn 41.08% more than the national average, earning $32,028,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.08% more than the national average, earning $46,204 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.97% more than the national average, earning $53,643 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Carvalho Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Carvalho in the Marathi language
करवालोkaravalo80.48
कारवालोkaravalo15.95
करवलोkaravalo0.95
करवालहोkaravalaho0.71
करवालkaravala0.48
करावालोkaravalo0.24
कारवालkaravala0.24
कारवलोkaravalo0.24
कारवलkaravala0.24
कावालोkavalo0.24

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Carvalho Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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