User talk:Ramesh
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I'm (snoyes) moving your question on the reference desk here in case you want to keep a copy of it:
Surname question
If a person's surname is "D' Souza", can anything be said about his/her race, country of origin, language or religion? -- Ramesh
- Language and religion are not strictly heritable, but as for country of origin, I'd say either French or Italian. -Smack 01:53, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- "Souza" sounds Brazilian (or Portuguese). --Menchi 01:57, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- That is Portuguese. Also, I always see "D'Souza" as an Indian name (I guess descended from Portuguese colonies there?), while Souza or Sousa alone is from Portugal. (Of course, I am only speaking from personal experience and memories of people with those names...) Adam Bishop 01:48, 16 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- D'Sousa is a contraction of de and Sousa. de, do, da are particles used in Portuguese like the german von and the dutch van. Muriel 16:40, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- I once knew a De Sousa who was a South African of Indian ethnic origin. He always said is was from a Portuguese community in India in the 1800s. But I also know an African American called McGreggor. Anjouli 19:34, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Indian wikipedians' notice board
Hi. I would like you to be an active member of Wikipedia:Indian wikipedians' notice board. utcursch 07:35, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)