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D%27souza Name Meaning

Portuguese: habitational name for someone from any of the various places named Sousa. The surname is also common in Goa and elsewhere on the west coast of India, having been taken there by Portuguese colonists.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: De Sousa, Sousa, Bouza, D'oria, Somma, Decoux, Otsuka, De Souza

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