# Desousa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/desousa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.; Alternative form of DeSouza.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,915 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,437 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 78,862 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (3,227 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Desousa in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Desousa in Brazil.

## People named Desousa

- Wellington Luís de Sousa, Brazilian association football player
- Endrick, Brazilian footballer (born 2006)
- Almir de Souza Fraga, Brazilian association football player
- Nora Ney, Brazilian singer

## Similar surnames

Desouza, D'Souza, Dukes, Dykes, Dugas, DiCicco, Decicco, Dacus, Dycus, Dusek, Dicus, Deshazo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.