{{About|a surname||Carneiro (disambiguation)}} '''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 * Hugo Carneiro (born 1982), Portuguese politician * 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 * Lucas Carneiro (born 2004), American football player * 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 * Ruan Carneiro (born 1990), Brazilian footballer * Samara Venceslau Carneiro (born 2006), Brazilian footballer * Tiago Carneiro, Portuguese footballer * Tiago Carneiro da Cunha, Brazilian artist
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Category:Portuguese-language surnames