title: Carneiro
text: 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
  
  Portuguese-language surnames