Coste Surname
Approximately 29,545 people bear this surname
Coste Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Constantine,' from nick. Cost; compare Cust, the nick, of Custance. Constantino was a popular fontname in Cornwall; v. Considine.
Richard fil. Coste, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.
Read More About This SurnameCoste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 19,828 | 1:3,350 | 233 |
| Romania | 3,566 | 1:5,630 | 757 |
| Dominican Republic | 2,026 | 1:5,150 | 537 |
| United States | 955 | 1:379,538 | 33,538 |
| Philippines | 748 | 1:135,345 | 22,933 |
| Cuba | 359 | 1:32,097 | 1,604 |
| Argentina | 251 | 1:170,292 | 14,303 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Venezuela | 202 | 1:149,525 | 4,619 |
| Spain | 175 | 1:267,154 | 16,723 |
| Switzerland | 157 | 1:52,312 | 6,856 |
| New Caledonia | 125 | 1:2,210 | 223 |
| Belgium | 100 | 1:114,966 | 17,029 |
| Canada | 89 | 1:413,995 | 36,402 |
| Italy | 86 | 1:711,124 | 60,287 |
| Brazil | 81 | 1:2,642,893 | 79,412 |
| Germany | 68 | 1:1,183,904 | 77,258 |
| England | 67 | 1:831,613 | 44,286 |
| Mexico | 66 | 1:1,880,700 | 18,230 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 35 | 1:183 | 38 |
| French Polynesia | 31 | 1:9,058 | 1,949 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Chile | 22 | 1:800,749 | 17,445 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 59 | 1:413,142 | 24,536 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 70 | 1:717,410 | 46,098 |
The alternate forms: Costé (10) are calculated separately.
Coste (394) may also be a first name.
Coste Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Constantine,' from nick. Cost; compare Cust, the nick, of Custance. Constantino was a popular fontname in Cornwall; v. Considine.
Richard fil. Coste, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
William, son of Cost Cardew, 1551: Reg. St. Columb Major.
Cost Batte, and Emblem his wiffe, 1583: ibid.
Dims. of Costantine, for Constantine, q.v.
Coste Demographics
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Coste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coste Come From? nationality or country of origin
Coste is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Costé. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Coste? popularity and diffusion
It is the 18,659th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 246,659 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Coste live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Coste is also the 435,477th most common forename globally, borne by 394 people.
The last name is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 19,828 people, or 1 in 3,350. In France it is most numerous in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 25 percent live, Occitanie, where 22 percent live and Île-de-France, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account France Coste exists in 72 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 12 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 7 percent live.
Coste Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Coste has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,364 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 114 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coste Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Coste are 8.43% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.66% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Coste earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 447.77% more than the national average, earning S/. 106,186 per year; in United States they earn 3.96% less than the national average, earning $41,442 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.18% more than the national average, earning $50,270 CAD per year.
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Coste Reference & Research
Coast FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Costen FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Cust FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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