# Costa (surname)

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

A surname from the Romance languages.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 38,265 |
| US rank (2010) | 904 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,069 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.6% (35,227 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Costas, Dacosta, Dallacosta |

## Etymology

From pan-Romance (Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa (“rib; side”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Costa 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 10% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Costa in Brazil, the United States, Angola, Argentina, Spain and France.

## People named Costa

- Diego Costa, Brazilian association football player
- Douglas Costa, Brazilian association football player
- Lucio Costa, Brazilian architect (1902–1998)
- Gal Costa, Brazilian singer (1945–2022)
- Mary Costa, American opera singer and actress
- Alberto Costa, Argentine and French footballer
- Válber Costa, Brazilian association football player
- Hélder Costa, Angolan association football player
- Nikka Costa, American singer, actress and swimmer
- Flávio Costa, Brazilian footballer and manager (1906–1999)
- Eduardo Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Nanda Costa, Brazilian actress

and 53 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Cuesta, Cost, Cossette, Coste, Cassidy, Casto, Cassady, Cozad, Casado, Caicedo, Cassity, Choquette.

## 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.