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
Average Coste Salary in
United States
$41,442 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Coste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coste Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Coste is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Costé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Coste? popularity and diffusion
The surname Coste is the 18,659th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 246,659 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Coste reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Coste is also the 435,477th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 394 people.
The last name Coste is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 19,828 people, or 1 in 3,350. In France Coste is most numerous in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 25 percent reside, Occitanie, where 22 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account France this last name occurs in 72 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 12 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 7 percent reside.
Coste Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Coste has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Coste last name rose 1,364 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 114 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coste Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Coste surname are 8.43% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.66% being registered to vote for the political 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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