de Sousas Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Sousas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Sousas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
France31:22,140,907385,998
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

de Sousas Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Sousas occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

de Sousas is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of de Sousas live; 81 percent live in South America and 81 percent live in Luso-South America.

It is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 12,592,608. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 29 percent reside, Ceará, where 18 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Brazil this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 14 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

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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 Sousas
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