Souza Costa Surname

259,470th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Souza Costa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Souza Costa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,5131:141,4905,401
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397

Souza Costa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Souza Costa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Souza Costa is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Souza Costa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Souza Costa? popularity and diffusion

Souza Costa is the 259,470th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,810,261 people. The last name Souza Costa is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Souza Costa reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 100 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,513 people, or 1 in 141,490. In Brazil Souza Costa is most numerous in: Bahia, where 23 percent reside, São Paulo, where 18 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Brazil this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 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
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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 Souza Costa
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