The Botelho surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,726 people carried this name — #7,084 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,363 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
162 people named Botelho live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 119 people named Botelho live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 40 people named Botelho.
Most of them — 22 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Gironde.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Botelho in American newspapers,
1893–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,555 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Botelho in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1940s.
22 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Botelho. The most, 9, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Botelho.
Who carried it
People named Botelho,
with a public archive behind them.
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Camilo Castelo Branco 1825–1890 · writer -
Benjamin Constant 1836–1891 · military personnel
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Isabel de Sousa Botelho 1849–1936 -
Anfilófio de Carvalho 1850–1903 · judge -
Abel Botelho 1854–1917 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 86 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Botelho,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States518 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 334
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 123
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Dennis BotelhoBorn 1915 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1941 at Boston; nursery operator from Bristol County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River, Massachusetts.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Vernon Roy BotelhoU.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1933, died 1980; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Maria J. BotelhoBorn 1866 in Portugal. Registered as a foreign national in Fall River, Massachusetts, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 518 records for Botelho in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
France9 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jose Manuel BotelhoBorn 1974 in Le Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis); died 1992 in Claye-Souilly (Seine-et-Marne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Maria Judith BotelhoBorn 1910 in Portugal; died 1999 in Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jozefa BotelhoBorn 1898 in Spain; died 1990 in Foix (Ariège).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 9 records for Botelho in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Canada2 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Manuel BotelhoDied 1965; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Eduardo De Sousa BotelhoBuried in 1981 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Botelho.
- Boston 15,814 · U.S. census
- Bostwick 4,502 · U.S. census
- Boswell 22,540 · U.S. census
- Bosworth 5,260 · U.S. census
- Bot 282 · U.S. census
- Botel 105 · U.S. census
- Botella 134 · U.S. census
- Botello 11,569 · U.S. census
- Both 863 · U.S. census
- Bott 6,029 · U.S. census
- Botta 1,558 · U.S. census
- Bottalico 186 · U.S. census
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