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

The surname de Cost is found most frequently in Belgium. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name de Cost occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of de Cost live; 40 percent live in Western Europe and 40 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Belgium, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 11,496,644. In Belgium it is most common in: Brussels Capital Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Belgium it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 20 percent reside and Malaysia, where 20 percent reside.

de Cost Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Cost has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the de Cost surname contracted 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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