How common is the last name Sousa?

15,447 people in the United States have the last name Sousa, about 1 in 19,350. It ranks #2,300 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SOUSA

#2,300

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,447
About
1 in 19,350
This common or more
49.4%
Who bears it

Of the 15,447 people with the last name Sousa, 85.9% reported their origin as White, 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sousa

#2,298 Adam · 15,473#2,299 Perdue · 15,459#2,301 Woodall · 15,442#2,302 Dietrich · 15,435

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sousa, most common first.

#621 Sosa · 53,289#1,538 Souza · 22,730#57,536 Sous · 382#77,676 Sossa · 266

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