The Couto surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,848 people carried this name — #10,363 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
382 people named Couto live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Couto.
Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Oise.
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
Couto in American newspapers,
1873–1944.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,248 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Couto,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Bernardo Couto 1803–1862 · writer -
Manuel Ángel Couto 1807–1861 · lawyer -
João José de Almeida Couto 1812–1900 · judge -
Jesús Couto Fernández 1864–1942 · journalist -
Miguel Couto 1865–1934 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 130 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Couto.
- Cousin 2,968 · U.S. census
- Cousineau 2,175 · U.S. census
- Coussens 237 · U.S. census
- Coutant 439 · U.S. census
- Coute 119 · U.S. census
- Coutinho 656 · U.S. census
- Couture 8,222 · U.S. census
- Couturier 1,446 · U.S. census
- Couty 155 · U.S. census
- Cova 389 · U.S. census
- Covelli 1,103 · U.S. census
- Coville 754 · U.S. census
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