de Sousa Santos Surname

179,081st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

de Sousa Santos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Sousa Santos 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
Brazil2,2761:94,0573,551
France511:1,302,406132,002
Luxembourg321:18,1423,979
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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de Sousa Santos Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Sousa Santos is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of de Sousa Santos.

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

The surname is the 179,081st most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,058,139 people. de Sousa Santos occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of de Sousa Santos reside; 96 percent reside in South America and 96 percent reside in Luso-South America.

It is most widely held in Brazil, where it is carried by 2,276 people, or 1 in 94,057. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 17 percent reside, Piauí, where 15 percent reside and Maranhão, where 15 percent reside. Barring Brazil this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent reside and Luxembourg, where 1 percent reside.

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 Sousasantos975/
Desousa Santos971/
de Sousa E Santos943/
de Souza Santos936,580/
de Souzasantos903/
de Souz Santos901/
Desouza Santos901/
Desousa-Santos901/
de Souza E Santos884/
de Sousa Sandes872/
Dsos Santos8513/
de Asis Santos831/
de Souza Santesso811/
de Souza Sento Se811/
de Assis Santos801,731/
de Souza Sandes806/
de Sousa Sendas801/
de Eusice Santos771/
Deassis Santos763/
de Assis E Santos754/
das S Santos741/
dos Sasantos741/
de Ozeis Santos731/
dos Sasntos6948/
dos Sazntos693/
Tassias Santos691/
de Assis Sandes673/
de Souza Sindice651/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Santos
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