The Carvalho surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,877 people carried this name — #3,302 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,100 people counted. That is up 19% from 9,131 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Carvalho surname
From carvalho (“oak”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Carvalho» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,396 people named Carvalho live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 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 1,224 people named Carvalho 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 683 people named Carvalho.
Most of them — 390 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Carvalho live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
26 people named Carvalho is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Carvalho in American newspapers,
1889–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,520 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Carvalho,
with a public archive behind them.
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Agostinho da Anunciação 1649–1713 · politician -
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal 1699–1782 · politician -
Mordecai Baruch Carvalho 1700–1784 · rabbi -
Paulo António de Carvalho e Mendonça 1702–1770 · Catholic priest -
Henrique José de Carvalho e Melo 1748–1812 · aristocrat
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 215 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carvalho.
- Cartier 2,873 · U.S. census
- Carton 1,005 · U.S. census
- Carty 6,332 · U.S. census
- Caruana 1,286 · U.S. census
- Caruso 20,367 · U.S. census
- Carvajal 8,883 · U.S. census
- Carville 438 · U.S. census
- Carvin 762 · U.S. census
- Cary 11,506 · U.S. census
- Cas 151 · U.S. census
- Casa 708 · U.S. census
- Casabianca 168 · U.S. census
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