title: Carneiro
text: # 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
  