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    The surname Coste

    A surname, carried by 764 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C230

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coste is more common than 81.2% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 764 people named Coste in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 404,117 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 697.

    #30,538
    rank among US surnames
    764
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #31,426)

    Who is named Coste

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

    52% of people named Coste identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 52%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 43%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Costes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alexandre Grimaldi
      1st son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, born 2003

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Coste

    Coste has the Soundex code C230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C230.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Coste come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Coste?
    764 people in the United States had the surname Coste in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 404,117 Americans. It ranked 30,538th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Coste?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Coste identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Coste?
    Alexandre Grimaldi, 1st son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco.
    Where is the surname Coste most common?
    Wikidata records people named Coste in France.
    Is the surname Coste getting more or less common?
    More common. 697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 764 in 2010, up 9.6%.