The Coelho surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,593 people carried this name — #6,124 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,600 people counted. That is up 20% from 4,651 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Coelho surname
A surname transferred from the common noun.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Coelho» (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
1,489 people named Coelho live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 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 1,178 people named Coelho 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 525 people named Coelho.
Most of them — 317 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Paris.
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 the Nordic population registers
23 people named Coelho 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
Coelho in American newspapers,
1892–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,079 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Coelho,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolau Coelho 1460–1504 · maritime pilot -
Duarte Coelho 1485–1554 · Conqueror -
Jorge de Albuquerque Coelho 1539–1596 · colonial administrator -
José Joaquim da Rosa Coelho 1773–1833 · naval officer -
José Joaquim Coelho 1797–1860 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 208 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Coelho.
- Cocks 663 · U.S. census
- Coco 3,264 · U.S. census
- Cocozza 489 · U.S. census
- Coda 464 · U.S. census
- Coder 1,967 · U.S. census
- Codina 439 · U.S. census
- Coen 4,400 · U.S. census
- Coene 182 · U.S. census
- Coenen 1,447 · U.S. census
- Coffard 127 · U.S. census
- Coffin 8,312 · U.S. census
- Coffy 359 · U.S. census
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