Costa (surname)


Costa, sometimes Costas, da Costa, Da Costa, or Dalla Costa, is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and French surname. The surname spread throughout the world through colonization and immigration. It is also a surname chosen by Jews and other religious groups due to Roman Catholic and other Christian conversions.
In Italy, Portugal, Galicia and Catalonia it is derived from the Latin word costa, "rib", which has come to mean slope, coast, in Romance languages. In the rest of Spain it comes from Catalonia or from Galicia, being the Spanish equivalent Cuesta.
: "ESTAS CASAS MANDOU FAZER VASCO DA COSTA, ERA DE MCCCLXXVII" These houses were ordered by Vasco da Costa, era 1377

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 71.0% of all known bearers of the surname Costa were residents of Brazil, 7.6% of Portugal, 5.2% of Mozambique, 3.7% of Italy, 2.4% of the United States, 1.9% of Guinea-Bissau, 1.5% of Spain, 1.2% of East Timor and 1.2% of Argentina.
In Brazil, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:
  1. Maranhão
  2. Amapá
  3. Pará
  4. Roraima
  5. Acre
  6. Rio Grande do Norte
  7. Amazonas
  8. Ceará
  9. Bahia
  10. Tocantins
  11. Sergipe
  12. Piauí
  13. Paraíba
  14. Alagoas
  15. Federal District
  16. Minas Gerais
In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following regions:
  1. Liguria
  2. Sicily
  3. Piedmont
  4. Veneto
  5. Emilia-Romagna
  6. Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
  7. Lombardy
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following autonomous communities:
  1. Balearic Islands
  2. Catalonia
  3. Galicia
  4. Region of Murcia
  5. Valencian Community

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