The surname Dacosta
A Galician surname, carried by 6,679 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex D223
Origin
Galician origin
From Romance (from Galician Dacosta, Portuguese da Costa), from Latin costa.
One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,679 people named Dacosta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,226 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,252.
Who is named Dacosta
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
60% of people named Dacosta identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 60%
- Black (not Hispanic) 24%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10%
- Two or more races 3.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Famous Dacostas
20 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Alex Rodrigo Dias da CostaBrazilian footballer, born 1982
- Jair da CostaBrazilian footballer (1940–2025)
- Nia DaCostaAmerican director and screenwriter, born 1989
- Yaya DaCostaAmerican actress and model, born 1982
- Mateus Galiano da CostaAngolan association football player, born 1984
- Augusto da CostaBrazilian footballer and manager (1920-2004)
- Marcelo Nascimento da CostaBrazilian footballer, born 1984
- Esperança Maria Eduardo Francisco da CostaAngolan biologist, university researcher-teacher and politician, born 1961
- Henrique Soares da CostaBrazilian Roman Catholic bishop, 1963–2020
- Paulinho da CostaBrazilian musician, born 1948
- Antônia Ronnycleide da Costa SilvaBrazilian association football player, born 1994
- Tereza Cristina Corrêa da Costa DiasBrazilian senator of the Republic and former minister of Agriculture, born 1954
Notable Dacostas come mostly from Brazil (13), the United States (4) and Angola (2).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
Surnames that sound like Dacosta
Dacosta has the Soundex code D223, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D223.
Other Galician surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Dacosta come from?
- From Romance (from Galician Dacosta, Portuguese da Costa), from Latin costa.
- How common is the surname Dacosta?
- 6,679 people in the United States had the surname Dacosta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,226 Americans. It ranked 5,224th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dacosta?
- In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Dacosta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Dacosta?
- Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer, followed by Jair da Costa.
- Where is the surname Dacosta most common?
- Wikidata records people named Dacosta in Brazil, the United States and Angola and 1 other country.
- Is the surname Dacosta getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,679 in 2010, up 27%.
- What are other spellings of Dacosta?
- Costas and Costa.