The Carneiro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,100 people carried this name — #23,185 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 82% from 604 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,104 people named Carneiro 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
754 people named Carneiro live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 249 people named Carneiro.
Most of them — 137 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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
Carneiro in American newspapers,
1822–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,289 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Carneiro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pedro de Alcáçova Carneiro 1515–1593 · writer -
Joaquim Carneiro da Silva 1727–1818 · engraver -
Manuel Borges Carneiro 1774–1833 · politician -
Carlos Carneiro de Campos 1805–1878 · politician -
Brás Carneiro Nogueira da Costa e Gama 1812–1887 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 202 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carneiro.
- Carmignani 233 · U.S. census
- Carminati 238 · U.S. census
- Carmine 666 · U.S. census
- Carmona 26,774 · U.S. census
- Carn 1,165 · U.S. census
- Carne 560 · U.S. census
- Carnevale 3,101 · U.S. census
- Carnevali 113 · U.S. census
- Carney 32,897 · U.S. census
- Carnot 134 · U.S. census
- Caro 10,064 · U.S. census
- Carol 1,436 · U.S. census
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