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Carvalho Ranking

In the United States, the name Carvalho is the 3,800th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. [1] However, in France, the name Carvalho is ranked the 899th most popular surname with an estimated 5,717 people with that name. [2]


United States Carvalho migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Carvalho Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • D M Carvalho, aged 25, who arrived in South Carolina in 1812 [3]
Carvalho Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Antonio Carvalho, aged 26, who immigrated to America from Villanna, Portugal, in 1912
  • Alvara Carvalho, aged 22, who settled in America from Bahia, Brazil, in 1913
  • Alfredo Ramos Carvalho, aged 21, who immigrated to the United States from Lisbonne, Portugal, in 1918
  • Antonio Carvalho, aged 49, who landed in America from Portugal, in 1919
  • Alice S. Carvalho, aged 17, who landed in America from Penela, Portugal, in 1920
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Carvalho (post 1700) +

  • António José Pereira de Carvalho (1960-2023), Portuguese football player and manager
  • José Bento Azevedo Carvalho (b. 1973), Portuguese retired road racing cyclist, and general manager of UCI WorldTeam Team Katusha–Alpecin
  • Joaquim da Silva Carvalho (1937-2022), Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Portugal National Team (1965-1966)
  • Diogo Carvalho (b. 1988), Portuguese swimmer
  • Eleazar de Carvalho (1912-1996), Brazilian conductor and composer
  • Walter Carvalho (b. 1947), critically and internationally acclaimed Brazilian cinematographer
  • Bernardo Carvalho (b. 1960), Brazilian author and journalist
  • Sara Carvalho (b. 1970), Portuguese composer of contemporary classical music
  • Jaqueline Maria Pereira de Carvalho (b. 1983), female volleyball player from Brazil
  • Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho (b. 1946), Brazilian samba singer, guitarist, cavaquinist and composer
  • ... (Another 9 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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