<P> The name 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 or de Souza , which has occasionally been changed to D'Souza . The Spanish equivalent of this surname is Sosa . </P>
<P> The name 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 or de Souza , which has occasionally been changed to D'Souza . The Spanish equivalent of this surname is Sosa . </P>
where does the name de souza come from
where does the name de souza come from
Northern Portugal
Northern Portugal