Decosta Surname
Approximately 5,323 people bear this surname
Decosta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,662 | 1:98,978 | 10,998 |
| Philippines | 314 | 1:322,415 | 44,683 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Canada | 167 | 1:220,632 | 21,263 |
| India | 135 | 1:5,681,966 | 136,010 |
| Brazil | 129 | 1:1,659,491 | 54,555 |
| France | 95 | 1:699,187 | 88,446 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| England | 62 | 1:898,678 | 46,462 |
| Australia | 55 | 1:490,831 | 37,357 |
| Bahamas | 50 | 1:7,835 | 653 |
| Bermuda | 46 | 1:1,419 | 226 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Guyana | 23 | 1:33,140 | 3,492 |
| Jamaica | 21 | 1:136,664 | 4,886 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 12 | 1:9,198 | 1,357 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Belize | 11 | 1:32,316 | 2,112 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 | 1:6,900 | 616 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 139 | 1:361,285 | 27,442 |
Decosta (155) may also be a first name.
Decosta Demographics
Average Decosta Salary in
United States
$45,093 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Decosta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Decosta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Decosta has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Decosta click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Decosta? popularity and diffusion
The surname Decosta is the 90,079th most widespread surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,369,067 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Decosta live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 738,219th most numerous first name internationally, held by 155 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3,662 people, or 1 in 98,978. In The United States Decosta is most prevalent in: Massachusetts, where 21 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Hawaii, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 50 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 6 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 5 percent live.
Decosta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Decosta has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 2,635 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Decosta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Decosta surname are 42.7% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.93% registered with the party.
The amount Decosta earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.51% more than the national average, earning $45,093 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.65% more than the national average, earning $50,999 CAD per year.
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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 Decosta
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