How common is the surname Costales?

1,698 people in the United States had the surname Costales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,829 Americans. It ranked 16,809th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Costales getting more or less common?

More common. 1,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,698 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Costales

A Spanish surname, carried by 1,698 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C234

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Costales is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Costales. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,698 people named Costales in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,829 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,479.

#16,809

rank among US surnames

1,698

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+14.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,548)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,802	Legler	1,699	181,722
#16,809	Porcaro	1,698	181,829

Who is named Costales

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

47% of people named Costales identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 30% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 17% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 47%
Asian and Pacific Islander 30%
White (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 5.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Costales

Costales has the Soundex code C234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C234.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Costales come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Costales. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
How common is the surname Costales?: 1,698 people in the United States had the surname Costales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,829 Americans. It ranked 16,809th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Costales?: In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Costales identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 30% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Costales getting more or less common?: More common. 1,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,698 in 2010, up 15%.