Saousa Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Saousa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Saousa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saousa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saousa is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saousa? popularity and diffusion
Saousa is the 3,602,217th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Saousa live; 80 percent live in South America and 80 percent live in Luso-South America.
Saousa is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 8,919,764. In Brazil Saousa is most prevalent in: Goiás, where 17 percent reside, Maranhão, where 17 percent reside and Bahia, where 13 percent reside. Other than Brazil this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Niger, where 7 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
- 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 Saousa
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