de Cost Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Scotland

de Cost Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Cost 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
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

de Cost Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Cost Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Cost occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of de Cost.

How Common Is The Last Name de Cost? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Cost is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of de Cost reside; 40 percent reside in Western Europe and 40 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname de Cost is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 11,496,644. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Brussels Capital Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Belgium de Cost occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 20 percent live and Malaysia, where 20 percent live.

de Cost Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Cost has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the de Cost surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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 Coste93129/
de Costh931/
de Cos92854/
de Cot926/
de Coss86712/
de Cote8641/
da Cost8619/
de Codt8613/
de Coos867/
de Cott864/
de Cast862/
de Coit861/
de Coyt861/
de Cois861/
de Cout861/
de Cots861/
de Co8323/
di Coste80452/
de Coite8047/
de Cotte8041/
de Koste8023/
de Cosse8018/
de Couët8015/
da Costs807/
de Coodt806/
da Costz803/
de Cothe802/
de Cuist801/
de Coyte801/
de Codts801/
de Caste801/
da Coste801/
de Cat77690/
de Coo77355/
de Cou7745/
de Coi7719/
de Kos7716/
de Cas779/
de Cox776/
de Coy776/
de Coz775/
da Cos774/
di Cos772/
de Coa771/
de Chaste751/
de Coitte751/
de Coux71127/
di Kost7157/
de Koos7120/
de Coud718/
de Cadt716/
de Case712/
di Sost711/
de Coup711/
de Cooz711/
de Cozz711/
de Côte711/
de-Cout711/
De-Coss711/
de Caut710/
de Kaste67134/
de Casse6727/
de Catte6710/
de Cò675/
de Ca673/
de Casce672/
de Kothe671/
di Co671/
di Caste671/
de Ko671/
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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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 Cost
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