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The DESOUZA surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 4,413 7003 0.002 16
United States (1880 census) 11 86660 0 0
Change since 1880 +4402 +79657 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 71 19103 0 4
United Kingdom 449 9572 0.001 10
Top States for DESOUZA by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 896 822 0.014 141
Florida 694 2504 0.004 43
California 484 4991 0.001 14
New York 470 3472 0.002 25
New Jersey 348 2272 0.004 41
Top States for DESOUZA by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 896 822 0.014 141
Rhode Island 60 2319 0.006 57
Connecticut 168 2232 0.005 49
Florida 694 2504 0.004 43
New Jersey 348 2272 0.004 41

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DESOUZA live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DESOUZA represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DESOUZA in Massachusetts than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DESOUZA by picking someone at random in Massachusetts than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DESOUZA

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Portugal

Language of origin: Portuguese

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DESOUZA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DESOUZA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DESOUZA in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 690 15.64
Mixed Race 669 15.16
Asian/Pacific 582 13.19
White (Hispanic) 477 10.81
Native American/Alaskan 10 0.23
White (Caucasian) 1,985 44.98

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DESOUZA surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DESOUZA in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of DESOUZA.

Similar names to DESOUZA

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DESOUZA.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DESOUZA

The following words are slight variants of DESOUZA that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.