da Costa Surname

353rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,462,237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
East Timor

da Costa Surname Definition:

(Portug.) Of the Coast or Shore [Latin costa, a side]

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da Costa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,031,0671:20832
Angola270,9411:10010
East Timor44,1091:284
Mozambique35,8431:761170
France22,7601:2,918191
Guinea-Bissau22,1821:7827
Portugal4,5391:2,295322
Spain3,3021:14,1591,618
São Tomé and Príncipe2,6561:676
Argentina2,2981:18,6001,587
Venezuela2,2431:13,4661,129
Uruguay2,1541:1,593197
South Africa1,9941:27,1703,472
Canada1,7431:21,1392,909
Cape Verde1,7351:30561
England1,6201:34,3944,537
Switzerland1,2441:6,6021,049
India1,2201:628,74229,954
Australia1,1901:22,6853,130
Ghana1,1081:24,3872,946
United States7561:479,44340,632
Luxembourg4691:1,238115
Paraguay4431:16,336727
Belgium4401:26,1294,138
Netherlands4141:40,7906,936
Benin3721:27,7843,681
Andorra3461:24232
Peru2811:113,1116,819
Germany1991:404,55037,233
Suriname1791:3,087523
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Italy1591:384,63343,869
Chile1361:129,5334,587
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Trinidad and Tobago1291:10,5731,451
Guyana1221:6,2481,073
Dominican Republic1161:89,9394,002
Indonesia1131:1,170,34783,147
Panama1101:35,5661,963
Thailand1061:666,399111,628
Namibia831:29,0294,463
Bolivia781:136,1084,266
Northern Ireland591:31,2723,207
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Japan531:2,412,15630,150
Malaysia441:670,32331,889
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Mexico421:2,955,38622,751
Ireland391:120,7426,025
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
Denmark351:161,27813,908
Scotland341:157,4659,168
Costa Rica311:154,1962,192
Wales291:106,7088,358
New Zealand281:161,72618,041
Sweden281:351,67024,678
Jersey251:3,968780
Aruba231:4,499638
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Honduras201:440,8223,218
Ecuador171:935,63814,108
Iceland161:23,7561,850
Norway141:367,30634,015
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Ivory Coast131:1,774,71034,235
Israel121:713,13647,700
Gibraltar101:3,395741
Guatemala101:1,608,2675,853
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Barbados91:31,9391,516
Senegal91:1,619,9274,107
Swaziland91:144,244719
Guam81:20,0153,029
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines81:14,082855
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Finland71:785,24338,644
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Qatar61:393,00055,922
China51:273,464,31313,838
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Curaçao41:39,312638
Gabon41:472,2983,618
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Oman41:921,9937,313
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Zimbabwe41:3,859,560114,807
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Liechtenstein21:19,1891,439
Macau21:300,8151,009
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Fiji11:894,3914,568
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
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Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1941:125,64611,793
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

da Costa (271) may also be a first name.

da Costa Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Portug.) Of the Coast or Shore [Latin costa, a side]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

User-submitted Reference

When of a Spanish surname Costa means 'uneven terrain'; in Portuguese it was used like 'junto a costa' meaning'closer to shore'.

- dafc

'From the coast.' Portuguese origins, borne by descendants of Portuguese people and Portuguese Jews.

- archeroftheeyes
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da Costa Demographics

Average da Costa Salary in
United States

$66,008 USD

Per year
Rank:
136,928 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00013467
Rank: 58,840 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
152.97%
Sample size: 174 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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da Costa Last Name Facts

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

The last name da Costa (Arabic: داكوستا) is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name da Costa? popularity and diffusion

da Costa is the 353rd most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,984 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of da Costa live; 71 percent live in South America and 71 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 540,009th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 271 people.

This surname is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,031,067 people, or 1 in 208. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 16 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Brazil it is found in 125 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 19 percent reside and East Timor, where 3 percent reside.

da Costa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of da Costa has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the da Costa surname expanded 835 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 6,300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

da Costa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the da Costa last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount da Costa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 43.62% less than the national average, earning €16,931 per year; in Norway they earn 3.17% less than the national average, earning 335,098 kr per year; in Peru they earn 64.63% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,914 per year; in South Africa they earn 93.38% more than the national average, earning R 459,552 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.9% more than the national average, earning $24,497,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 52.98% more than the national average, earning $66,008 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.26% more than the national average, earning $53,288 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
das Costa9432/
da Costas9422/
da Costta946/
da Cossta943/
da Costaa943/
da Dcosta942/
da Cosjta942/
da Ccosta942/
da Codsta941/
da Coosta941/
da Costap941/
da Costga941/
da Costad941/
da Costaz941/
da Costoa941/
da Scosta941/
da Cota9332/
das Costas895/
da Costtha891/
de Costa8811,423/
Da-Costa881,542/
di Costa88920/
do Costa8836/
da Casta8826/
da Kosta8811/
da Sosta889/
da Costo888/
da Cotta887/
da Coota881/
da Coita881/
da Codta881/
da Coste881/
dos Costa824/
des Costa821/
de Costas821/
das Kosta821/
de Costha821/
da Chusta821/
de Cota8011/
da Cata802/
das Kostha781/
das Koshta781/
di Coste75452/
de Coste75129/
de Costo7595/
de Cotta7585/
de Casta7557/
De-Costa7515/
di Kosta757/
de Costy754/
da Casto754/
Da-Kosta753/
da Couto753/
de Kosta752/
de Cozta751/
da Coito751/
de Costi751/
de Sosta751/
do Coita751/
di Costo751/
de Coster716,882/
de Coteau71722/
de Costes711/
de Costed711/
de Costet711/
de Costou711/
do Cousto711/
de Costos710/
de Cata67538/
de Coto6722/
do Coto6720/
de Couteau676/
de Cotteau671/
di Coto671/
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da Costa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
da Costa in the Arabic language
داكوستاdakwsta-

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