De-Souza Surname

127,437th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,560 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Togo

De-Souza Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Souza.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

De-Souza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana1,8701:14,4501,872
Togo7351:9,8612,446
Benin7001:14,7652,004
England861:647,88437,755
Nigeria481:3,690,474107,175
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
France101:6,642,272293,169
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Congo41:1,247,27420,238
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852

De-Souza (16) may also be a first name.

De-Souza Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name De-Souza Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname De-Souza (Russian: Де-соуза) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name De-Souza? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 127,437th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,047,063 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of De-Souza live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. De-Souza is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held given name world-wide. It is borne by 16 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,870 people, or 1 in 14,450. Other than Ghana this last name exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 21 percent live and Benin, where 20 percent live.

De-Souza Last Name Statistics demography

The amount De-Souza earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 21.09% more than the national average, earning $52,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 62.25% more than the national average, earning $80,611 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

De-Souza Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
De-Souza in the Russian language
Де-соузаde-souza-

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Footnotes

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