Couto

Couto may refer to:

Surname

Couto [ˈko(w)tu] is a common surname in the Galician and Portuguese language, namely in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil. Its meaning is game reservation or feudal land. Sometimes a diminutive form occurs, . It is a name associated with a great number of different people:

• André Couto, Portuguese/Macanese racing driver.
• Fernando Couto, Portuguese football player
• Mia Couto, Mozambican writer
• Maria Aurora Couto, Goan Catholic writer, historian and educationalist
• Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes, longest-lived person to be documented in Portugal
• Gago Coutinho, Portuguese aviation pioneer
• Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, 1st Count of Marialva (c. 1385-1450), Marshal of Portugal
• Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, captain of Espírito Santo (1490-1561), founder of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo

Places

• Couto (Santa Cristina), in Santo Tirso, Portugal.
• Couto (São Miguel), in Santo Tirso, Portugal.
• Couto do Mosteiro, in Santa Comba Dão, Portugal
• Couto de Esteves, in Sever do Vouga, Portugal
• Couto (Barcelos), in Barcelos, Portugal
• Couto de Baixo, in Viseu, Portugal
• Couto, in Abegondo, Galicia.
• Couto de Riba, in Alfoz, Galicia
• Couto, in Gomesende, Galicia
• Couto de Abaixo, in Vigo, Galicia
• Couto de Cima, in Viseu, Portugal
• Couto, in Pantón, Galicia
• Couto (Arcos de Valdevez), in Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
• Couto de Magalhaes de Minas, in Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Couto, Resendes do Ponta Delgada, Portugal