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About the DeSouza surname

Sousa is a common surname in the Portuguese language, especially in Portugal and Brazil. It was originally a toponym (a river in Northern Portugal and surrounding region), from the Latin Saxa, meaning rocks. Sometimes the spelling is Souza (archaic form). Spelled as D'Souza or De Souza (from Souza). The noble house of de Sousa, many of whose family members were exiled from Lisbon, Portugal, immigrated to Hong Kong and Goa during the mid-nineteenth century. Many of their descendants married into British nobility, and the some 100 family members now live predominantly in Goa and London. A small faction of the family resides in Melbourne, Australia. Sousa is a name associated with a great number of different people