Carvalho

See also: carvalho

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Carvalho.

Proper noun

Carvalho (plural Carvalhos)

A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Carvalho is the 3302^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10877 individuals. Carvalho is most common among White (76.84%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carvalho”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296.

Portuguese

Etymology

From carvalho (“oak”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈva.ʎu/ [kaɦˈva.ʎu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈva.ʎu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈva.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻˈva.ʎo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈva.ʎu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈba.ʎu/ [kɐɾˈβa.ʎu]

Homophone: carvalho
Hyphenation: Car‧va‧lho

Proper noun

Carvalho m or f by sense

a surname

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