Sosa (surname)
Sosa is a Spanish surname of Portuguese and Galician origin, originating from the Portuguese Sousa. The Sousa Family[1] is of noble and Visigoth origin.[2] Portuguese people brought the Sousa surname to Galicia, and from there it spread in the former Spanish colonies. Sometimes, both variants are used to refer to the same person or family in old texts.
The primitive Coat of Arms of the Sousa Family. It is used in all variants of the surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Antonieta Sosa (born 1940), Venezuelan-American performance artist
- Arlenis Sosa (born 1989), Dominican model
- Arturo Sosa (born 1948), Venezuelan Superior General of the Jesuit order
- Borna Sosa (born 1998), Croatian footballer
- David Sosa, American philosopher
- Édgar Sosa (basketball) (born 1988), Dominican-American basketball player
- Édgar Sosa (boxer) (born 1979), Mexican boxer
- Edmundo Sosa (born 1996), Panamanian baseball player
- Elías Sosa (born 1950), Dominican baseball player
- Ernest Sosa (born 1940), Cuban-American philosopher
- Francisco Sosa (20th century), Paraguayan footballer
- Gilberto Sosa (born 1960), Mexican boxer
- Henry Sosa (born 1985), Dominican baseball player
- Iván Sosa (born 1997), Colombian cyclist
- Jason Sosa (born 1988), Puerto Rican-American boxer
- Jerónimo de Sosa (17th century), Spanish friar and genealogist
- Jorge Sosa (born 1977), Dominican baseball player
- José Ernesto Sosa (born 1985), Argentine footballer
- José Romulo Sosa Ortiz (born 1948), Mexican singer known as José José
- Julio Sosa (guitarist), Argentine guitarist
- Julio Sosa (1926–1964), Uruguayan tango singer
- Lucía Sosa (athlete) (born 1978), Mexican paralympic athlete
- Lucía Sosa (politician) (born 1957), Ecuadorian teacher and politician
- Mercedes Sosa (1935–2009), Argentine singer
- Omar Sosa (born 1965), Cuban jazz pianist
- Osvaldo Sosa (1945–2020), Argentine footballer and manager
- Patricia Sosa (born 1956), Argentine singer
- Porfirio Lobo Sosa (born 1947), Honduran politician
- Roberto Sosa (Argentine footballer) (born 1975), Argentine footballer
- Roberto Sosa (poet) (1930–2011), Honduran poet
- Roberto Sosa (Uruguayan footballer) (1935–2008), Uruguayan goalkeeper
- Rubén Sosa (born 1966), Uruguayan footballer
- Sammy Sosa (born 1968), Dominican baseball player
- Santiago Sosa (born 1999), Argentine footballer
- Sebastián Sosa (born 1986), Uruguayan footballer
- Tomás Méndez Sosa (1927–1995), Mexican singer and composer
- Victoriano Sosa (born 1974), Dominican boxer
See also[]
- Sosa (disambiguation)
References[]
- ^ , Wikipedia, 2021-01-17, retrieved 2021-01-17
- ^ "Visigoth | people".
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- Spanish-language surnames
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