The Gouveia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,878 people carried this name — #11,047 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 102,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 2,602 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
418 people named Gouveia live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 126 people named Gouveia 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 98 people named Gouveia.
Most of them — 69 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
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
Gouveia in American newspapers,
1893–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 802 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gouveia,
with a public archive behind them.
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António de Gouveia 1505–1566 · jurist -
José Eduardo de Melo Gouveia 1815–1893 · politician -
António Aires de Gouveia 1828–1916 · politician -
Teodósio de Gouveia 1889–1962 · Catholic priest -
Carlos Gouvêa Coelho 1907–1964 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 85 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gouveia.
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