# Coste (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 764 |
| US rank (2010) | 30,538 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 404,117 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.6% (697 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a French surname, variant of Côte, Cote, a name meaning "coast," or from related place names such as Lacoste (la coste). Compare Decoste. * As an English surname, shortened form the personal name Constantine.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coste 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) | 52% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 43% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coste in France.

## People named Coste

- Alexandre Grimaldi, 1st son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco

## Similar surnames

Costa, Cost, Cossette, Cassidy, Casto, Cassady, Cuesta, 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.