The Coutinho surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 920 people carried this name — #26,516 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 40% from 656 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Coutinho surname
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Coutinho, from couto + -inho.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Coutinho» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,293 people named Coutinho 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 Corrientes.
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
368 people named Coutinho live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 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 85 people named Coutinho.
Most of them — 53 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Ardennes.
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
Coutinho in American newspapers,
1874–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,050 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Coutinho,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, senhor do couto de Leomil 1301–1399 -
Gonçalo Vasques Coutinho, 2nd Marshal of Portugal 1360–1421 · military officer -
Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, captain of Espírito Santo 1490–1571 · colonial administrator -
Francisco Coutinho, 3rd Count of Redondo 1517–1564 · explorer -
João Coutinho 1540–1619
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 186 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Coutinho.
- Coury 1,678 · U.S. census
- Cousin 3,131 · U.S. census
- Cousineau 2,240 · U.S. census
- Coussens 266 · U.S. census
- Coutant 434 · U.S. census
- Coute 141 · U.S. census
- Couto 3,066 · U.S. census
- Couture 8,508 · U.S. census
- Couturier 1,580 · U.S. census
- Couty 128 · U.S. census
- Cova 461 · U.S. census
- Covelli 1,376 · U.S. census
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