Carneiro
# 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
