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 ^[2]origin. Portuguese people brought the Sousa surname to Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, from there it spread in the Spanish former colonies where it changed due a misspelling, sometimes both variants are used to refer to the same person or family in old texts.

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
David Sosa, American philosopher
Édgar Sosa (basketball) (born 1988), Dominican-American basketball player
Édgar Sosa (boxer) (born 1979), Mexican boxer
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
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
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
Sammy Sosa (born 1968), Dominican baseball player
Tomás Méndez Sosa (1927–1995), Mexican singer and composer

See also