The spelling of the surname "Dsouza" may seem confusing to some, but it follows a simple sound pattern. The first syllable begins with the voiced dental fricative consonant /ð/ followed by the sound /suːz/ which is common in many English words. The final vowel sound /ə/ is an unstressed "schwa" sound, which is often pronounced as a short "uh" sound. Thus, the phonetic transcription of "Dsouza" is /dəˈsuːzə/. With this knowledge, one can confidently spell and pronounce the name correctly.
The word "Dsouza" is of Portuguese origin. It is derived from the common Portuguese surname "Sousa", which originated from the town of Sousa in Portugal. Over time, as Portuguese explorers and colonizers spread throughout the world, the surname "Sousa" was anglicized and different variations emerged in different places. One of these variations is "Dsouza", which is commonly found among people of Goan and Mangalorean Catholic descent in India.