De Jesús, De Jesus or capitalized as de Jesús, de Jesus (; , ) is a Spanish and Portuguese surname (meaning ''of

Jesus Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

'') and a common family name in the

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and Portuguese-speaking world. In the year 2000, there were 26,336 people of Hispanic/Latino origin in the United States with the surname De Jesus, making 172nd in order of frequency for all Hispanic/Latino surnames, and 1,002nd most common surname in the U.S. A decade later in 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 44,038 people with the last name Dejesus, making it the 783rd most common surname in the U.S. DeJesus is found throughout Latin America, but most prevalent in Brazil with nearly 2,000,000 bearers with second place going to Mexico. In the Philippines, De Jesus (or ''de Jesus'') is the 33rd most common surname, held by about 1.1% of the population. The surname is found most frequently in the following three countries: * Brazil. 1,963,741 * Mexico. 136,454 * Philippines. 79,480 * * * *

People

Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza (Mafra, 23 October 1806 – Rome, 22 June 1857) was a Portuguese ''infanta'' and youngest daughter of King John VI and Carlota Joaquina of Spain. Life On 5 December 1827, she married Dom Nuno José S ...

, Portuguese princess * Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo, American serial killer, occultist, and drug trafficker *

Alex de Jesús Alex is a given name. Similar names are Alexander, Alexandra, Alexey or Alexis_(given_name), Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Forsyth (disambiguation), multi ...

, Puerto Rican professional boxer *

Ángel De Jesús Ángel De Jesús (born February 13, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Rieleros de Aguascalientes of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers. Career Detroit Tige ...

, Dominican baseball player *

Benjamin de Jesus Benjamin David de Jesus, OMI (25 July 1940 – 4 February 1997) was a Philippine prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Jolo from 1992 until his murder in 1997. He was the first Filipino bishop to be assassinated in ...

(1940–1997), assassinated Philippine bishop * Carlos DeJesus, radio and television personality *

David DeJesus David Christopher DeJesus (; born December 20, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Washington Nationals, Tampa Bay Ray ...

, American Major League Baseball player *

Esteban de Jesús Esteban () is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend t ...

, Puerto Rican world lightweight champion boxer * Fábio de Jesus, Brazilian footballer *

Francisco de Jesus Francisco de Jesus (born May 9, 1956) is a Brazilian former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1994, challenging for the WBA super welterweight title in 1989. As an amateur, he competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics in 1976 and 19 ...

, Brazilian boxer * Gabriel Fernando de Jesus, Brazilian footballer * Gina DeJesus, American abduction survivor *

Gregoria de Jesús Gregoria de Jesús y Álvarez (May 9, 1875 – March 15, 1943), also known by her nickname Oriang, acted as secretary of the women's section and also the custodian of the documents and seal of the Katipunan. She married Andrés Bonifacio, ...

, part of the Philippine Revolution * Iván DeJesús, Major League Baseball player from Puerto Rico *

Iván DeJesús Jr. Iván De Jesús Álvarez Jr. (born May 1, 1987) is a Puerto Ricans in the United States, Puerto Rican former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and Cincinnati R ...

, Puerto Rican professional baseball player *

José DeJesús José Luis DeJesús (born January 6, 1965) is an American former professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1988 to 1994, with the Kansas City Royals and Philadelphia Phillies. DeJesús ba ...

, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player * José Corazón de Jesús, also known as Huseng Batute, a Filipino poet *

José de Jesús Corona José de Jesús Corona Rodríguez (born 26 January 1981) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Tijuana. Corona is an Olympic gold medalist, captaining Mexico at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Club career ...

, Mexican international football goalkeeper * José Luis de Jesús, founder and leader of Creciendo en Gracia *

Rick DeJesus Adelitas Way is an American rock band formed in Las Vegas in 2006. The band's debut single " Invincible", broke them into the mainstream scene after the song made numerous television appearances in commercials and live sporting events. The band ...

, lead singer of band

Adelitas Way Adelitas Way is an American rock band formed in Las Vegas in 2006. The band's debut single " Invincible", broke them into the mainstream scene after the song made numerous television appearances in commercials and live sporting events. The ban ...

* Roberto de Jesús, beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic *

Robenílson de Jesus Robenílson Vieira de Jesus (born September 24, 1987) is an amateur boxer from Brazil who won a silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the ...

, boxer from Brazil * Robin de Jesús, Puerto Rican film and theatre actor * Sophina DeJesus, American gymnast *

Vincent de Jesus Vincent Abenojar De Jesus (born June 10, 1968) is a Filipino composer, librettist, musical scorer, and musical director for theater, television, and film. He is also a writer, lyricist, actor, singer, and educator. He attended the University of t ...

, Philippine composer, arranger and musical director *

Wanda De Jesus Wanda De Jesus (born August 26, 1958) is an American character actress. Early life De Jesus was born and raised in the Little Italy neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of parents who came to New York from Puerto Rico. Sh ...

, American actress

References

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