Sousa Costa Surname
Approximately 898 people bear this surname
Sousa Costa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 845 | 1:253,342 | 9,758 |
| Luxembourg | 40 | 1:14,514 | 3,173 |
| Cape Verde | 5 | 1:105,928 | 3,425 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Sousa Costa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sousa Costa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sousa Costa is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sousa Costa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 393,535th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 8,115,307 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Sousa Costa live; 94 percent live in South America and 94 percent live in Luso-South America.
It is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 845 people, or 1 in 253,342. In Brazil Sousa Costa is mostly concentrated in: Maranhão, where 25 percent reside, São Paulo, where 12 percent reside and Bahia, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Brazil this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Luxembourg, where 4 percent reside and Cape Verde, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sosa Costa | 95 | 13 | / |
| Sousacosta | 95 | 1 | / |
| Sousa E Costa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Souza Costa | 91 | 1,515 | / |
| Sousa-Costa | 91 | 3 | / |
| Sosa Acosta | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sosacosta | 90 | 1 | / |
| Souza Acosta | 87 | 2 | / |
| Sousa Castao | 87 | 1 | / |
| Saouza Costa | 87 | 1 | / |
| Souzacosta | 86 | 5 | / |
| Suza Costa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sosaacosta | 86 | 1 | / |
| Souza E Costa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Susaya Acosta | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sosa-Acosta | 82 | 3 | / |
| Souza-Costa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Soise Costa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Xausa Costa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Souza Castao | 78 | 1 | / |
| Cesa Costa | 76 | 6 | / |
| Zuza Costa | 76 | 1 | / |
| Seza Costa | 76 | 1 | / |
| Souza Casetta | 75 | 1 | / |
| Soezi Costa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sasso Costa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sesso Costa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sazio Costa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Suzue Costa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sousa Cassette | 72 | 1 | / |
| Zoz Costa | 70 | 1 | / |
| Sousa Casado | 70 | 1 | / |
| Souza Gastao | 70 | 1 | / |
| Sueizy Costa | 70 | 1 | / |
| Sousa Augusto | 67 | 9 | / |
| Souza Augusta | 67 | 2 | / |
| Souza Casadei | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sousa Costa
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