de Souza Surname

155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,638,110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Souza 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 Souza 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
Brazil3,598,8451:599
Togo7,8751:92074
France3,2411:20,4952,365
Benin3,1071:3,327407
Uruguay2,6741:1,283147
Ghana2,4941:10,8341,450
Spain2,2041:21,2122,306
India2,1871:350,73919,153
England2,1451:25,9763,550
Argentina1,6621:25,7182,173
Australia1,3291:20,3132,816
Canada1,2181:30,2513,951
United States1,1011:329,20929,862
South Africa1,0481:51,6966,548
Paraguay8651:8,366518
Peru7691:41,3323,796
Guyana5261:1,449247
Trinidad and Tobago4281:3,187538
Malaysia4221:69,8925,071
Portugal4151:25,1041,654
Suriname3261:1,695187
Venezuela3081:98,0653,640
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Thailand2211:319,63155,074
Italy1761:347,48141,349
Belgium1661:69,25711,060
Ivory Coast1651:139,8266,643
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Germany1301:619,27349,237
Netherlands1261:134,02520,684
Ecuador1141:139,5256,920
New Zealand971:46,6847,635
Chile841:209,7206,593
Switzerland791:103,96111,033
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Congo711:70,2696,097
Panama691:56,6992,645
Senegal671:217,6021,467
Ireland661:71,3484,439
Sweden511:193,07413,358
Scotland441:121,6787,769
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Mexico321:3,878,94425,867
Denmark291:194,64516,083
Botswana281:78,10513,263
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Cape Verde241:22,068833
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines181:6,259666
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
Myanmar161:3,246,124792
Oman161:230,4983,970
Pakistan151:11,909,59253,778
Wales141:221,03813,576
Austria131:655,03358,041
Guatemala131:1,237,1285,444
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Barbados111:26,1321,223
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
Japan111:11,622,20845,659
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Burkina Faso101:1,835,21014,348
Iceland101:38,0092,599
Norway101:514,22941,629
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Gabon91:209,9102,378
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Slovakia91:592,93964,129
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
China81:170,915,1968,932
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Bolivia71:1,516,6336,309
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
Cuba61:1,920,4538,345
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Qatar61:393,00055,922
British Virgin Islands51:6,319600
Grenada51:21,7071,054
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Macau41:150,408604
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Niger41:4,798,00475,547
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
El Salvador31:2,114,6295,401
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Belize21:177,7373,502
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

de Souza (58) may also be a first name.

de Souza 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 Souza Demographics

Average Male de Souza Height

172.16 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 2,826 (2014)

Average Female de Souza Height

162.27 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 227 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Souza Last Name Facts

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

de Souza is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname de Souza is the 155th most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,003 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of de Souza live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,295,729th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 58 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 3,598,845 people, or 1 in 59. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 22 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 13 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent are found. Besides Brazil de Souza occurs in 131 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

de Souza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Souza has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the de Souza surname grew 35,750 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 36,700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 6,600 percent between 1901 and 2014.

de Souza Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

The amount de Souza earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 57.01% less than the national average, earning €12,910 per year; in Norway they earn 16.8% less than the national average, earning 287,946 kr per year; in Peru they earn 11.7% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,654 per year; in South Africa they earn 70.92% more than the national average, earning R 406,164 per year; in United States they earn 41.23% more than the national average, earning $60,939 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.73% more than the national average, earning $57,000 CAD per year.

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 Souzas9431/
des Souza9429/
de Sousza9427/
de Souzza9420/
de Souzaa9416/
de Souzsa948/
de Souyza944/
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de Shouza941/
de Soza93495/
de Suza93296/
de D'Souza891/
de Sousa881,479,847/
De-Souza883,560/
de Soyza881,386/
da Souza88797/
di Souza88118/
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de Souja883/
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de Souca881/
de Soussa8231/
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des Sousa824/
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der Sousa824/
de Ssousa823/
de Souysa823/
de Chouza823/
de Souzer821/
de Souzey821/
de Siuzza821/
de Sosa801,845/
de Suze80150/
de Susa8047/
di Soza8014/
de Sozo8011/
de Saza8010/
de Zuza801/
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De-Suza801/
de Soysa752,365/
da Sousa75240/
De-Sousa7596/
di Sousa7566/
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Da-Souza7520/
de Sossa7520/
de Souso7511/
de Zauza759/
de Zoyza759/
de Sozzo758/
De-Soyza757/
de Zousa756/
de Suusa755/
de Soosa755/
de Seusa753/
de Siusa752/
de Seiza751/
di Souzà751/
de Sorzi751/
de Chuza751/
da Sauza751/
de Sousá751/
de Socha751/
de Ssusa751/
de Souco751/
de Sauze751/
de Saiza751/
de Shaza750/
de Zauzza712/
de Soysia711/
de Chousa711/
de Zosa67133/
da Sosa6760/
de Sojo6749/
da Soca678/
de Saca674/
de Zaza674/
de Suso674/
di Susa672/
de Sagi672/
de Susi672/
de Sage671/
de Soge671/
de Suco671/
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da Sozo671/
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