# Dacosta (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dacosta/  
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 | Galician |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,679 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,224 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,226 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (5,252 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Costas, Costa |

## Etymology

From Romance (from Galician Dacosta, Portuguese da Costa), from Latin costa.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dacosta 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) | 60% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 10% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dacosta in Brazil, the United States, Angola and Bulgaria.

## People named Dacosta

- Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Jair da Costa, Brazilian footballer (1940–2025)
- Nia DaCosta, American director and screenwriter
- Yaya DaCosta, American actress and model
- Mateus Galiano da Costa, Angolan association football player
- Augusto da Costa, Brazilian footballer and manager (1920-2004)
- Marcelo Nascimento da Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Esperança Maria Eduardo Francisco da Costa, Angolan biologist, university researcher-teacher and politician
- Henrique Soares da Costa, Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop
- Paulinho da Costa, Brazilian musician
- Antônia Ronnycleide da Costa Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Tereza Cristina Corrêa da Costa Dias, Brazilian senator of the Republic   and former minister of Agriculture

and 8 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Decosta, Dagostino, Decastro.

## 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.