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Where Does The Last Name Dacosta Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Dacosta (Hindi: डिकोस्टा) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant: Dácosta. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dacosta? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 13,617^th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 177,806 people. The surname Dacosta occurs mostly in The Americas, where 35 percent of Dacosta are found; 23 percent are found in North America and 22 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 178,413^th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 1,829 people.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 7,192 people, or 1 in 50,398. In The United States Dacosta is mostly concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 16 percent are found, New York, where 16 percent are found and Florida, where 14 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 106 countries. It is also found in East Timor, where 16 percent are found and Angola, where 14 percent are found.

Dacosta Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Dacosta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dacosta surname rose 9,719 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 964 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dacosta Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Dacosta last name are 44.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 97.57% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dacosta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 62.39% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,290 per year; in South Africa they earn 65.28% less than the national average, earning R 82,512 per year; in Colombia they earn 10.2% less than the national average, earning $20,386,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.71% more than the national average, earning $44,319 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.22% more than the national average, earning $53,769 CAD per year.