Carneiro
Carneiro is a common Portuguese and Galician surname, meaning "sheep". It was very likely either a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, or a habitational name derived from any of the several places called Carneiro in the North of Portugal.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alberto Carneiro, Portuguese artist
 - António Carneiro, Portuguese Expressionist painter, illustrator, poet and art professor
 - Antônio Ernesto Gomes Carneiro, Brazilian military officer who fought in the Paraguayan War
 - António de Mariz Carneiro, Portuguese nobleman who served as the official cosmographer to the Portuguese crown
 - Antonio dos Reis Carneiro, Brazilian basketball administrator
 - António Soares Carneiro, Portuguese military officer and politician
 - Carlos Carneiro, Portuguese footballer
 - Carlos Carneiro, Portuguese handballer
 - Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian physician and politician
 - Eva Carneiro, British sports medicine specialist
 - Flávio Carneiro, Brazilian writer
 - Francisco Sá Carneiro, Portuguese politician and former Prime Minister of Portugal
 - Higino Carneiro, Angolan military officer and politician
 - Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Brazilian politician, diplomat, judge and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil
 - Jessel Carneiro, Indian footballer
 - Joana Carneiro, Portuguese conductor
 - João Emanuel Carneiro. Brazilian screenwriter
 - Jorge García Carneiro, Venezuelan politician
 - José da Gama Carneiro e Sousa, Portuguese count who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Portugal
 - Juliana Carneiro da Cunha, Brazilian actress
 - Keirrison de Souza Carneiro, Brazilian footballer
 - Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro, Portuguese footballer
 - Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça, Brazilian footballer
 - Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Portuguese poet and writer
 - Melchior Carneiro, Portuguese Jesuit missionary bishop
 - Newton Carneiro Affonso da Costa, Brazilian mathematician, logician, and philosopher
 - Paulo Henrique Carneiro Filho, Brazilian footballer
 - Pedro Carneiro, Portuguese musician
 - Roan Carneiro, Brazilian mixed martial artist
 - Robert L. Carneiro, American anthropologist and curator of the American Museum of Natural History
 - Tiago Carneiro, Portuguese footballer
 - Tiago Carneiro da Cunha, Brazilian artist
 
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