The surname Desouza
A surname, carried by 6,639 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex D220
Origin
A surname.; Alternative form of DeSouza.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,639 people named Desouza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,505 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,413.
Who is named Desouza
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
61% of people named Desouza identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 61%
- Black (not Hispanic) 18%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 9.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.8%
- Two or more races 4.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Famous Desouzas
43 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Alex de SouzaBrazilian footballer and manager, born 1977
- Fabrício de SouzaBrazilian association football player, born 1982
- Alberto Luiz de SouzaBrazilian association football player, born 1975
- Luiz Diallisson de Souza AlvesBrazilian association football player, born 1986
- Edson Aparecido de SouzaBrazilian association football player (born 1962)
- Josef de SouzaBrazilian association football player, born 1989
- Natan Bernardo de SouzaBrazilian footballer, born 2001
- Érika de SouzaBrazilian basketball player (born 1982)
- Ruth de SouzaBrazilian actress (1921–2019)
- Isidore de SouzaBeninese archbishop (1934-1999)
- Maicon Thiago Pereira de SouzaBrazilian footballer, born 1985
- Ana Cristina de SouzaBrazilian volleyball player, born 2004
Notable Desouzas come mostly from Brazil (40), Benin (2) and Portugal (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Desouza 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 Desouza?
- 6,639 people in the United States had the surname Desouza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,505 Americans. It ranked 5,255th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Desouza?
- In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Desouza identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Desouza?
- Alex de Souza, Brazilian footballer and manager, followed by Fabrício de Souza.
- Where is the surname Desouza most common?
- Wikidata records people named Desouza in Brazil, Benin and Portugal.
- Is the surname Desouza getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,413 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,639 in 2010, up 50%.