Sousza Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Sousza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sousza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sousza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sousza is most common in Brazil. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sousza.
How Common Is The Last Name Sousza? popularity and diffusion
Sousza is the 4,908,606th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Sousza is predominantly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Sousza live; 88 percent live in South America and 88 percent live in Luso-South America.
The last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 15,291,024. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Pará, where 21 percent are found, Bahia, where 14 percent are found and Maranhão, where 14 percent are found. Beside Brazil it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Sousza
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