# Carneiro

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{{About|a surname||Carneiro (disambiguation)}}
'''Carneiro''' is a common [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language) and [Galician](/source/Galician_language) [surname](/source/surname), meaning "sheep". It was very likely either a [metonymic](/source/metonymic) [occupational name](/source/occupational_name) for a [shepherd](/source/shepherd), or a  [habitational name](/source/habitational_name) derived from any of the several places called ''Carneiro'' in the North of Portugal.

Notable people with the surname include:

* [Alberto Carneiro](/source/Alberto_Carneiro), Portuguese artist
* [António Carneiro](/source/Ant%C3%B3nio_Carneiro), Portuguese [Expressionist](/source/Expressionist) painter, illustrator, poet and art professor
* [Antônio Ernesto Gomes Carneiro](/source/Gomes_Carneiro), Brazilian military officer who fought in the [Paraguayan War](/source/Paraguayan_War)
* [António de Mariz Carneiro](/source/Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Mariz_Carneiro), Portuguese nobleman who served as the official cosmographer to the [Portuguese crown](/source/Portuguese_crown)
* [Antonio dos Reis Carneiro](/source/Antonio_dos_Reis_Carneiro), Brazilian basketball administrator
* [António Soares Carneiro](/source/Ant%C3%B3nio_Soares_Carneiro), Portuguese military officer and politician
* [Carlos Carneiro](/source/Carlos_Carneiro_(footballer)), Portuguese footballer
* [Carlos Carneiro](/source/Carlos_Carneiro_(handballer)), Portuguese handballer
* [Enéas Carneiro](/source/En%C3%A9as_Carneiro), Brazilian physician and politician
* [Eva Carneiro](/source/Eva_Carneiro), British sports medicine specialist 
* [Flávio Carneiro](/source/Fl%C3%A1vio_Carneiro), Brazilian writer
* [Francisco Sá Carneiro](/source/Francisco_S%C3%A1_Carneiro), Portuguese politician and former [Prime Minister of Portugal](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Portugal)
* [Higino Carneiro](/source/Higino_Carneiro), Angolan military officer and politician
* [Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão](/source/Hon%C3%B3rio_Hermeto_Carneiro_Le%C3%A3o%2C_Marquis_of_Paran%C3%A1), Brazilian politician, diplomat, judge and monarchist of the [Empire of Brazil](/source/Empire_of_Brazil)
* [Hugo Carneiro](/source/Hugo_Carneiro) (born 1982), Portuguese politician
* [Jessel Carneiro](/source/Jessel_Carneiro), Indian footballer
* [Joana Carneiro](/source/Joana_Carneiro), Portuguese conductor
* [João Emanuel Carneiro](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Emanuel_Carneiro). Brazilian screenwriter
* [Jorge García Carneiro](/source/Jorge_Garc%C3%ADa_Carneiro), Venezuelan politician
* [José da Gama Carneiro e Sousa](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_da_Cunha_Faro_Menezes_Portugal_da_Gama_Carneiro_e_Sousa), Portuguese count who served as the [sixth](/source/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Portugal) Prime Minister of Portugal
* [Juliana Carneiro da Cunha](/source/Juliana_Carneiro_da_Cunha), Brazilian actress
* [Keirrison de Souza Carneiro](/source/Keirrison_de_Souza_Carneiro), Brazilian footballer
* [Lucas Carneiro](/source/Lucas_Carneiro) (born 2004), American football player
* [Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro](/source/Lic%C3%A1), Portuguese footballer
* [Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça](/source/Marcos_Carneiro_de_Mendon%C3%A7a), Brazilian footballer
* [Mário de Sá-Carneiro](/source/M%C3%A1rio_de_S%C3%A1-Carneiro), Portuguese poet and writer
* [Melchior Carneiro](/source/Melchior_Carneiro), Portuguese [Jesuit](/source/Jesuit) missionary bishop
* [Newton Carneiro Affonso da Costa](/source/Newton_da_Costa), Brazilian mathematician, logician, and philosopher
* [Paulo Henrique Carneiro Filho](/source/Paulo_Henrique_Carneiro_Filho), Brazilian footballer
* [Pedro Carneiro](/source/Pedro_Carneiro_(musician)), Portuguese musician
* [Roan Carneiro](/source/Roan_Carneiro), Brazilian mixed martial artist
* [Robert L. Carneiro](/source/Robert_L._Carneiro), American anthropologist and curator of the [American Museum of Natural History](/source/American_Museum_of_Natural_History)
* [Ruan Carneiro](/source/Ruan_Carneiro) (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
* [Samara Venceslau Carneiro](/source/Samara_Venceslau_Carneiro) (born 2006), Brazilian footballer
* [Tiago Carneiro](/source/Tiago_Vieira_Pinto_Carneiro), Portuguese footballer
* [Tiago Carneiro da Cunha](/source/Tiago_Carneiro_da_Cunha), Brazilian artist

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Category:Portuguese-language surnames

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