Costan Surname
Approximately 8,041 people bear this surname
Costan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 3,973 | 1:5,054 | 680 |
| Philippines | 2,745 | 1:36,881 | 5,675 |
| Italy | 291 | 1:210,160 | 29,866 |
| Spain | 257 | 1:181,915 | 12,797 |
| United States | 224 | 1:1,618,120 | 108,461 |
| Turkey | 132 | 1:589,556 | 31,889 |
| France | 77 | 1:862,633 | 101,453 |
| Indonesia | 54 | 1:2,449,059 | 145,688 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50 | 1:1,004,374 | 59,252 |
The alternate forms: Costân (44) & Costán (4) are calculated separately.
Costan (2,079) may also be a first name.
Costan Demographics
Costan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Costan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Costan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Costan (Arabic: كوستان) is found most frequently in Romania. It can also be found as a variant: Costân or Costán. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Costan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 62,427th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 906,298 people. The last name Costan occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Costan are found; 49 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 49 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Costan is also the 165,273rd most commonly used forename internationally, held by 2,079 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 3,973 people, or 1 in 5,054. In Romania Costan is most numerous in: Iași County, where 20 percent live, Vaslui County, where 12 percent live and Neamț County, where 7 percent live. Excluding Romania it exists in 42 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 34 percent live and Italy, where 4 percent live.
Costan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Costan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Costan last name expanded 448 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 222 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Costan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Costan last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Costan surname are 23.69% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.92% being registered with the party.
The amount Costan earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 8.21% more than the national average, earning $46,691 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.52% less than the national average, earning $30,546 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Costan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Costan in the Arabic language | ||
| كوستان | kwstan | - |
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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
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- 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 Costan
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