How common is the surname Costilla?

2,872 people in the United States had the surname Costilla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,502 Americans. It ranked 11,062nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Costilla getting more or less common?

More common. 2,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,872 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Costilla

A surname, carried by 2,872 people in the United States.

3 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). Costilla is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,872 people named Costilla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,502 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,024.

#11,062

rank among US surnames

2,872

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+41.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,731)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,057	Hopwood	2,875	107,390
#11,060	Ehrhardt	2,874	107,427
#11,061	Cartier	2,873	107,465
#11,062	Gilmartin	2,872	107,502
#11,066	Shuford	2,871	107,539
#11,069	Eanes	2,870	107,577

Who is named Costilla

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

91% of people named Costilla identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
White (not Hispanic) 7.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Costilla

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

Questions

How common is the surname Costilla?: 2,872 people in the United States had the surname Costilla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,502 Americans. It ranked 11,062nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Costilla?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Costilla identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Costilla getting more or less common?: More common. 2,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,872 in 2010, up 42%.