# Kostas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kostas/  
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 Greek.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Greek |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 394 |
| US rank (2010) | 52,619 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 783,618 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (388 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Costas |

## Etymology

From Greek Κώστας (Kóstas), from Medieval Greek forms of Koine Greek Κωνσταντῖνος (Kōnstantînos), from Latin Constantinus, q.v. Doublet of Constantine, Constantin, and Konstadinos.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kostas 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Kostka, Kostiuk.

## 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.