Carvalho

The coat of arms of the Carvalho
Pronunciation	Portuguese: [kɐɾˈvaʎu]
Language	Portuguese
Origin
Word/name	uncertain
Meaning	'oak'
Other names
Variant forms	Carvallo, Cravalho
Related names	Carballo

Carvalho is a Portuguese surname. Origin: perhpas a Celtic toponymic name, from (s)kerb(h)/karb (hard, twisted). ^[1]

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• People
• Other
• See also
• References

The surname is most common in Portugal, Brazil, Galicia (although in Galicia it may be spelled Carballo or Carvallo), the former Portuguese African colonies (Angola, Mozambique, etc.), people from the State of Goa, Vasai, a town to the north of Mumbai in India, and also found in the Americas and Asia-Pacific, in some people of Portuguese ancestry.

People

Other

• Mr Joe B. Carvalho , Indian film
• Pepe Carvalho, fictional private detective in the novels of Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

See also

• Carballo (disambiguation)
• Carvalhoi (disambiguation)

References

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Carvalho.
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