How common is the surname Acosta?

103,418 people in the United States had the surname Acosta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,985 Americans. It ranked 302nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Acosta?

Alberto Acosta, Argentine association football player, followed by Kellyn Acosta.

Where is the surname Acosta most common?

Wikidata records people named Acosta in Argentina, the United States and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Acosta getting more or less common?

More common. 76,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 103,418 in 2010, up 35%.

The surname Acosta

A Catalan place surname, carried by 103,418 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A223

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Acosta is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

Catalan origin

Borrowed from Spanish Acosta, from Catalan Acosta.

Acosta is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 103,418 people named Acosta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,985 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 76,477.

#302

rank among US surnames

103,418

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+35.2%

change since 2000 (was #377)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#293	Padilla	105,365	2,930
#294	Day	105,091	2,938
#295	Walsh	105,079	2,938
#296	Bowman	105,007	2,940
#297	Schultz	104,888	2,944
#298	Luna	104,518	2,954
#299	Fowler	104,515	2,954

Who is named Acosta

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Acosta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Acostas

21 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alberto Acosta
Argentine association football player, born 1966
Kellyn Acosta
American soccer player, born 1995
Alexander Acosta
American attorney and politician, born 1969
Lautaro Acosta
Argentine footballer, born 1988
Mercedes de Acosta
American poet, playwright, and novelist (1893-1968)
Luciano Acosta
Argentine footballer, born 1994
Oscar Zeta Acosta
American attorney, politician, novelist and activist (1935-1974)
Jim Acosta
American journalist, born 1971
Aida de Acosta
American aviator, 1884–1962
Facundo Díaz Acosta
Argentine tennis player (born 2000)
Claudio Acosta
Association football player, born 1988
Carlos Acosta
Ballet dancer, born 1973

Notable Acostas come mostly from Argentina (9), the United States (8) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Acosta

Agosta

Acosta has the Soundex code A223, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A223.

Other Catalan surnames

All 39 Catalan surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Acosta come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Acosta, from Catalan Acosta.
How common is the surname Acosta?: 103,418 people in the United States had the surname Acosta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,985 Americans. It ranked 302nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Acosta?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Acosta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Acosta?: Alberto Acosta, Argentine association football player, followed by Kellyn Acosta.
Where is the surname Acosta most common?: Wikidata records people named Acosta in Argentina, the United States and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.
What type of surname is Acosta?: Acosta is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Acosta getting more or less common?: More common. 76,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 103,418 in 2010, up 35%.