# Sousa (surname)

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

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,377 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,370 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,078 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.4% (14,183 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Sousa, from Old Galician-Portuguese Sousa.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sousa 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sousa in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Sousa

- John Philip Sousa, American conductor and composer (1854–1932)
- Everton Sousa Soares, Brazilian association football player (born 1996)
- Kathellen Sousa, Brazilian association football player
- Mauricio de Sousa, Brazilian cartoonist (born 1935)
- Joelma Sousa, Brazilian sprinter
- Mauro Sousa, Brazilian association football player
- Aurélio Pinto de Sousa
- Juarez Sousa da Silva, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop
- Hulk, Brazilian association football player
- Irmã Dulce Pontes, Brazilian Catholic Franciscan Sister (1914-1992)
- Mel Maia, Brazilian child actress
- Matheus Pereira, Brazilian association football player (born 1997)

## Similar surnames

Sosa, Souza, Soza, Shouse, Skaggs, Shook, Suggs, Sisk, Sage, Sisco, Sachs, Sacco.

## 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.