How common is the surname Desousa?

3,915 people in the United States had the surname Desousa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,862 Americans. It ranked 8,437th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Desousa?

In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Desousa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Desousa?

Wellington Luís de Sousa, Brazilian association football player, followed by Endrick.

Where is the surname Desousa most common?

Wikidata records people named Desousa in Brazil.

Is the surname Desousa getting more or less common?

More common. 3,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,915 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Desousa

A surname, carried by 3,915 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Desousa is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.; Alternative form of DeSouza.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,915 people named Desousa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,862 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,227.

#8,437

rank among US surnames

3,915

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+21.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,287)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,432	Hake	3,918	78,802
#8,434	Dameron	3,917	78,822
#8,435	Jessie	3,916	78,842
#8,437	Desousa	3,915	78,862
#8,438	Eddins	3,914	78,882

Who is named Desousa

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Desousa identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Desousas

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wellington Luís de Sousa
Brazilian association football player, born 1988
Endrick
Brazilian footballer (born 2006)
Almir de Souza Fraga
Brazilian association football player, born 1969
Nora Ney
Brazilian singer, 1922–2003

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Desousa

Desousa has the Soundex code D220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D220.

Questions

How common is the surname Desousa?: 3,915 people in the United States had the surname Desousa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,862 Americans. It ranked 8,437th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Desousa?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Desousa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Desousa?: Wellington Luís de Sousa, Brazilian association football player, followed by Endrick.
Where is the surname Desousa most common?: Wikidata records people named Desousa in Brazil.
Is the surname Desousa getting more or less common?: More common. 3,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,915 in 2010, up 21%.