de Sousa Surname

349th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,479,847 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

de Sousa Surname User-submission:

Is a common Portuguese-language surname, especially in Portugal, Brazil, East Timor, India and Galicia. The name was originally a toponym, denoting a river in Northern Portugal, from the Latin Saxa, meaning rocks.

A prominent family carrying the spelling "de Sousa" emigrated from Portugal to Goa during 1956, before leaving to Hong Kong.

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de Sousa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,303,8351:16425
Angola91,6941:29455
Mozambique37,6971:723163
France14,2901:4,648367
Portugal7,9171:1,316209
Venezuela6,1281:4,929618
South Africa2,8271:19,1642,425
Spain2,5991:17,9882,008
São Tomé and Príncipe2,2891:7810
Canada1,5911:23,1593,144
England1,2111:46,0105,795
Argentina1,1601:36,8483,081
Australia1,0561:25,5643,480
United States6191:585,55647,866
Cape Verde5291:1,00194
Switzerland5251:15,6442,565
Luxembourg4411:1,316127
Belgium4201:27,3734,366
Swaziland3791:3,425279
Suriname3001:1,842227
India2321:3,306,31695,935
Andorra1911:43964
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Jersey1341:74073
Iceland1311:2,901419
Panama1201:32,6021,861
Germany1141:706,18853,880
Netherlands1121:150,77822,601
Namibia1091:22,1053,761
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Italy621:986,39869,332
Thailand521:1,358,430190,094
East Timor491:24,81587
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Sweden371:266,12918,422
Ecuador361:441,82910,328
Paraguay351:206,7643,828
Austria331:258,04330,255
Uruguay331:103,99310,112
French Polynesia251:11,2322,339
Scotland251:214,15311,205
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Wales231:134,5459,804
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Trinidad and Tobago221:61,9994,975
Ireland191:247,8399,475
Curaçao191:8,276277
Aruba181:5,749789
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Qatar161:147,37516,023
United Arab Emirates151:610,81823,687
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Peru131:2,444,93327,186
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
Macau91:66,848400
Norway91:571,36544,190
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Guyana71:108,8897,175
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Malta41:107,5681,849
Nicaragua41:1,505,2725,843
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
China21:683,660,78330,601
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Monaco11:37,0664,748
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: de Sousá (1) are calculated separately.

de Sousa (28) may also be a first name.

de Sousa Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Is a common Portuguese-language surname, especially in Portugal, Brazil, East Timor, India and Galicia. The name was originally a toponym, denoting a river in Northern Portugal, from the Latin Saxa, meaning rocks.

A prominent family carrying the spelling "de Sousa" emigrated from Portugal to Goa during 1956, before leaving to Hong Kong. This was followed by a third relocation in the mid 1960s, where they now reside in Melbourne, Australia.

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de Sousa Demographics

Average Male de Sousa Height

171.4 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 784 (2014)

Average Female de Sousa Height

160.18 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 51 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Sousa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Sousa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Sousa is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: de Sousá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Sousa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 349th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 4,925 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of de Sousa reside; 89 percent reside in South America and 88 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent given name on earth. It is borne by 28 people.

The surname de Sousa is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,303,835 people, or 1 in 164. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Ceará, where 18 percent reside, Piauí, where 13 percent reside and São Paulo, where 13 percent reside. Barring Brazil this last name is found in 104 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 6 percent reside and Mozambique, where 3 percent reside.

de Sousa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de Sousa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the de Sousa surname increased 15,475 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 833 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Sousa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Sousa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 33.83% less than the national average, earning 228,985 kr per year; in Peru they earn 496.07% more than the national average, earning S/. 115,549 per year; in South Africa they earn 130.93% more than the national average, earning R 548,772 per year; in United States they earn 45.21% more than the national average, earning $62,658 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.91% more than the national average, earning $53,114 CAD per year.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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De-Sousa8896/
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de Soza80495/
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de Zosa80133/
da Sosa8060/
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de D'Souza781/
de Souches781/
de Zoysa7518,175/
De-Souza753,560/
de Soyza751,386/
da Souza75797/
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de Sauza7559/
de Soiza7543/
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De-Soysa755/
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De-Zousa753/
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di Sousä751/
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De-Sossa751/
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Des-Sossa7166/
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de Saca674/
de Zuza671/
de Soze671/
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de Sozi671/
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De-Suza671/
de Saso671/
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