de Costa Surname

45,431st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,423 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

de Costa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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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
Sri Lanka6,8701:3,029417
Brazil1,7591:121,7024,605
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
Malaysia4431:66,5784,904
Australia4221:63,9717,671
United States2161:1,678,051111,588
Philippines1821:556,25462,503
England1501:371,45426,286
Guyana1091:6,9931,154
Italy891:687,15459,360
Canada801:460,57039,784
India741:10,365,748197,751
Argentina651:657,59145,740
Saint Kitts and Nevis411:1,346253
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Angola361:749,7002,649
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
France211:3,162,987209,042
Belgium201:574,83253,219
Slovenia191:130,93012,952
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Israel181:475,42436,085
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Austria111:774,13064,097
Panama111:355,6607,645
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Costa Rica91:531,1194,381
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
United States Virgin Islands81:13,7971,930
Paraguay81:904,5939,127
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
São Tomé and Príncipe21:88,7122,936
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Belize11:355,4743,977
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England421:580,36629,847
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

de Costa (11) may also be a first name.

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de Costa Demographics

Average Male de Costa Height

174.27 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 15 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Costa Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Costa occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

This surname is the 45,431st most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 637,971 people. The last name de Costa occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of de Costa reside; 66 percent reside in South Asia and 60 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.

The last name is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 6,870 people, or 1 in 3,029. Aside from Sri Lanka de Costa occurs in 62 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 15 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 5 percent reside.

de Costa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Costa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the de Costa last name grew 424 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 357 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Costa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Costa earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 18.76% more than the national average, earning R 282,228 per year; in United States they earn 39.78% more than the national average, earning $60,314 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.93% less than the national average, earning $44,748 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
de Costha941/
de Costas941/
des Costa941/
de Cota9311/
da Costa881,462,237/
di Costa88920/
de Coste88129/
de Costo8895/
de Cotta8885/
de Casta8857/
De-Costa8815/
de Costy884/
de Kosta882/
de Cozta881/
de Costi881/
de Sosta881/
de Coster826,882/
de Coteau82722/
da Costas8222/
da Costta826/
da Cossta823/
da Costaa823/
da Dcosta822/
da Cosjta822/
da Ccosta822/
da Costad821/
de Costed821/
de Costes821/
da Coosta821/
da Scosta821/
da Costap821/
da Costga821/
de Costet821/
de Costou821/
da Costaz821/
da Costoa821/
da Codsta821/
de Costos820/
de Cata80538/
da Cota8032/
de Coto8022/
de Couteau786/
da Costtha781/
de Cotteau781/
de Couto752,236/
Da-Costa751,542/
di Coste75452/
de Coito75164/
de Casto7567/
da Casta7526/
de Koste7523/
da Kosta7511/
da Sosta759/
da Costo758/
di Kosta757/
da Cotta757/
da Coita751/
da Coota751/
di Costo751/
de Coteu751/
de Custo751/
da Coste751/
da Codta751/
de Caste751/
des Coteaux7415/
de Koster712,293/
de Caster7158/
de Castet7135/
De-Coster7120/
de Custer7111/
De-Coteau718/
de Castio713/
de Cateau712/
de Coutos711/
de Chaste711/
de Castis711/
da Chusta711/
de Cato6792/
da Cata672/
di Coto671/
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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Costa
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