de Sousa Mendes Surname

697,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 423 people bear this surname

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

de Sousa Mendes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Sousa Mendes 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
Brazil3881:551,73820,643
France251:2,656,909193,074
São Tomé and Príncipe41:44,3562,027
Cape Verde21:264,8215,214
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

de Sousa Mendes Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Sousa Mendes is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of de Sousa Mendes click here.

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

The surname de Sousa Mendes is the 697,244th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,228,241 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of de Sousa Mendes are found; 92 percent are found in South America and 92 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 388 people, or 1 in 551,738. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 19 percent are found, Maranhão, where 13 percent are found and Goiás, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Brazil this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 6 percent are found and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Sousa E Mendes941/
de Souza Mendes93981/
de Sousa Mandes931/
Desouza Mendes901/
de Sousa Montes871/
de Sousa Mantesso811/
de Assis Mendes80667/
de Souza Montes806/
de Sousa-Montes801/
di Sessa Mendes801/
de Souza Mendoza773/
Deassis Mendes761/
de Souza Monteze711/
Dauciso Mendes691/
de Assis Montes672/
de Asis Mendoza672/
de Assis Mendoza651/
de Assis Montessi631/
de Assis Amintas581/
Tacise Mendes571/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Sousa Mendes
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