# Souza (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,373 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,601 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,800 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (20,168 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Souza 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 5.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Souza in Brazil, the United States and Argentina.

## People named Souza

- Diego Souza, Brazilian association football player
- Josimar Rodrigues Souza Roberto, Brazilian association football player
- Beatriz Souza, Brazilian judoka (born 1998)
- Ricardo Lucarelli de Souza, Brazilian volleyball player
- Pete Souza, American photographer (born 1954)
- Josue Souza Santos, Brazilian association football player
- Douglas Souza, Brazilian volleyball player
- Steven E. de Souza, American screenwriter and film director
- Rafaelle Souza, association football player
- Carlos Henrique dos Santos Souza, Brazilian footballer
- Steve Souza, American metal vocalist
- Ronaldo Souza, Brazilian martial artist

and 22 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Sosa, Sousa, Soza, Skaggs, Shook, Suggs, Sisk, Sage, Sisco, Sachs, Sacco, Sheikh.

## 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.