De Jesus

De Jesús or DeJesus
Language(s)Spanish/Portuguese
Origin
Meaning"Of Jesus"
Region of originSpain Portugal
Other names
Variant form(s)de Jesus

De Jesús, De Jesus or capitalized as de Jesús, de Jesus (/də heɪˈsuːs/; Spanish: [de xeˈsus], Portuguese: [ðɨ ʒeˈzuʃ]) is a Spanish and Portuguese surname (meaning of Jesus) and a common family name in the Hispanic and Portuguese-speaking world. In the year 2000, there were 26,336 people of Hispanic/Latino origin in the United States with the surname De Jesus, making 172nd in order of frequency for all Hispanic/Latino surnames, and 1,002nd most common surname in the U.S. A decade later in 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 44,038 people with the last name Dejesus, making it the 783rd most common surname in the U.S. DeJesus is found throughout Latin America, but most prevalent in Brazil with nearly 2,000,000 bearers with second place going to Mexico. In the Philippines, De Jesus (or de Jesus) is the 33rd most common surname, held by about 1.1% of the population.

The surname is found most frequently in the following three countries:[1]

  • Brazil. 1,963,741
  • Mexico. 136,454
  • Philippines. 79,480

People

Surname list
This page lists people with the surname DeJesus.
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References

  1. ^ "Surnames of the world". surnam.es. Retrieved 2022-12-07.