Costab Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Costab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Costab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Costab Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Costab Come From? nationality or country of origin

Costab has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Costab.

How Common Is The Last Name Costab? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Costab live; 71 percent live in South America and 71 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name Costab is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil Costab is most prevalent in: Maranhão, where 40 percent are found, Acre, where 20 percent are found and Bahia, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Brazil this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cotab918/
Costob83116/
Costaf832/
Cotaib831/
Costav831/
Costova77107/
Costasp771/
Coustav771/
Costafe771/
Kotab73331/
Catab7347/
Qotab7312/
Cotob732/
Khoshtab7132/
Costov67209/
Costop67164/
Kootab67124/
Cothav6799/
Khotab6741/
Jastab6730/
Kostap6727/
Costow6718/
Cathab6714/
Qottab6712/
Costof6712/
Custob676/
Kottab676/
Kostav674/
Kotabh673/
Koitab672/
Kostaf671/
Cahtab671/
Cotaiv671/
Cotaip671/
Custav670/
Castob670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Costab
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