Carneiro

Carneiro is a common Portuguese and Galician surname, meaning "ram". 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