# Acosta (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/acosta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Spanish habitational surname from Catalan.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Catalan |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 103,418 |
| US rank (2010) | 302 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,985 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (76,477 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Acosta, from Catalan Acosta.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Acosta in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 7.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Acosta in Argentina, the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Panama and Brazil.

## People named Acosta

- Alberto Acosta, Argentine association football player
- Kellyn Acosta, American soccer player
- Alexander Acosta, American attorney and politician
- Lautaro Acosta, Argentine footballer
- Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, and novelist (1893-1968)
- Luciano Acosta, Argentine footballer
- Oscar Zeta Acosta, American attorney, politician, novelist and activist (1935-1974)
- Jim Acosta, American journalist
- Aida de Acosta, American aviator
- Facundo Díaz Acosta, Argentine tennis player (born 2000)
- Claudio Acosta, association football player
- Carlos Acosta, ballet dancer

and 9 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Agosta, Augustine, Augustin, August, Agustin, Agosto, Auguste, Augustus, Agostini, Augustyn, Agostino, Augusto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.