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.

The primitive Coat of Arms of 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
• 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