de Sá Surname

62,690th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,004 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

de Sá Surname User-submission:

De Sá is a Portuguese surname, derived from the word sala, meaning 'large room' or 'hall', which later in Portugal came to acquire the meaning of 'address' or 'lodging', becoming a habitational surname.

de Sá 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
Angola6,1131:4,415642
Brazil9581:223,4608,646
Portugal8401:12,4031,003
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Cape Verde111:48,1491,796
France101:6,642,272293,169
England91:6,190,895170,599
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: de Sa (99,239) & de Sà (11) are calculated separately.

de Sá Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

De Sá is a Portuguese surname, derived from the word sala, meaning 'large room' or 'hall', which later in Portugal came to acquire the meaning of 'address' or 'lodging', becoming a habitational surname.

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DNA test information

de Sá Last Name Facts

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

de Sá has its highest incidence in Angola. It may be found as: de Sa or de Sà. For other possible spellings of de Sá click here.

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

This surname is the 62,690th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,488 people. The last name de Sá occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of de Sá live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Angola, where it is held by 6,113 people, or 1 in 4,415. Without taking into account Angola this last name exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 12 percent reside and Portugal, where 10 percent reside.

de Sá Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Sá has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the de Sá last name expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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
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de Sy80184/
de So8035/
de Se808/
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de Sapp671/
de Chas671/
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