Sousa (surname)

Sousa (surname)

Sousa is a common, Portuguese language surname in the Lusophone world and especially Portugal and Brazil. It was originally a toponym, denoting a river in Northern Portugal, from the Latin Saxa, meaning rocks. Sometimes the spelling is in the archaic form Souza; it also spelled as D'Souza or De Souza (from Souza). As a name, it may refer to:

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