Embalo is a Bissau-Guinean surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adulai Djabi Embalo (born 2005), Luxembourgish footballer Alfayaya Embalo (born 1977), Cape Verdean sprinter Carlos Embaló (born 1994), Bissau-Guinean footballer Filomena Embaló (born 1956), Bissau-Guinean writer José Embaló (born 1993), Bissau-Guinean footballer Mutaro Embalo (born 1992), Bissau-Guinean footballer Talata Embalo (born 1963), Bissau-Guinean wrestler Umaro Embaló (born 2001), Portuguese footballer Umaro Sissoco Embaló (born 1972), president of Guinea-Bissau