Santos de Sousa Surname

305,056th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Santos de Sousa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santos de Sousa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,2171:175,9036,774
France121:5,535,227269,324
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Santos de Sousa Last Name Facts

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

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

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

It is the 305,056th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 5,872,317 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Santos de Sousa live; 98 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Luso-South America.

It is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 1,217 people, or 1 in 175,903. In Brazil Santos de Sousa is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 16 percent live, Maranhão, where 13 percent live and Bahia, where 13 percent live. Aside from Brazil it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent live and Venezuela, where 0 percent live.

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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 Santos de Sousa
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