De-Costa Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

De-Costa Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Costa.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

De-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
England121:4,643,172139,951
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

De-Costa Last Name Facts

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

The surname De-Costa is most common in England. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name De-Costa? popularity and diffusion

De-Costa is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. De-Costa occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of De-Costa live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Tyne and Wear, where 42 percent live, West Midlands, where 42 percent live and Leicestershire, where 8 percent live. Not including England this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and Russia, where 7 percent live.

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
de Costa8811,423/
Da-Costa881,542/
De-Coster8220/
De-Coteau828/
de Costha821/
des Costa821/
de Costas821/
de Cota8011/
da Costa751,462,237/
di Costa75920/
de Coste75129/
de Costo7595/
de Cotta7585/
de Casta7557/
de Costy754/
Da-Kosta753/
de Kosta752/
de Sosta751/
de Costi751/
de Cozta751/
De-Couto751/
Des-Coteaux741/
de Coster716,882/
de Coteau71722/
da Costas7122/
da Costta716/
da Costaa713/
da Cossta713/
da Dcosta712/
da Cosjta712/
da Ccosta712/
da Costaz711/
da Costoa711/
de Costed711/
de Costes711/
da Coosta711/
da Scosta711/
da Costap711/
da Costga711/
de Costet711/
de Costou711/
da Costad711/
da Codsta711/
de Costos710/
de Cata67538/
da Cota6732/
de Coto6722/
de Couteau676/
da Costtha671/
de Cotteau671/
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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
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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 De-Costa
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