Costa surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Costa surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 35,227 people carried this name — #900 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,660 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

4,630 people named Costa live in Switzerland.

They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 743
Zurich 640
Geneva 632
Valais 367
Fribourg 316
Bern 309
Graubünden 273
Ticino 271

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 4,260 people named Costa.

1,576 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 1,576
Corsica 547
Bouches-du-Rhône 247
Paris 222
Pyrénées-Orientales 160
Var 120
Alpes-Maritimes 95
Hérault 88
Moselle 77

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 493 people named Costa live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 149
Hainaut 121
Brussels-Capital 111
Namur 30
Antwerp 19
Limburg 17
East Flanders 13
Walloon Brabant 12

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

40 people named Costa have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 142 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Silesian 9
Lower Silesian 7
Subcarpathian 7
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 4
Pomeranian 4
Masovian 3
Łódź 2
Lesser Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Costa in American newspapers,
1888–1918.

Newspaper page from Wood River Times carrying the name Costa
Wood River Times 1888-12-31
Newspaper page from Evening Capital News carrying the name Costa
Evening Capital News 1912-09-29
Newspaper page from The Times Dispatch carrying the name Costa
The Times Dispatch 1912-09-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 499,038 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Costa,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Soeiro da Costa
    Soeiro da Costa 1390–1472 · military officer
  • Jorge da Costa
    Jorge da Costa 1406–1508 · Catholic priest
  • Ippolito Costa
    Ippolito Costa 1506–1561 · painter
  • Vittorio Maria Baldassare Gaetano Costa d'Arignano
    Vittorio Maria Baldassare Gaetano Costa d'Arignano 1737–1796 · Catholic priest
  • Paolo Costa
    Paolo Costa 1771–1836 · poet

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 180 lives in all are documented under this name.

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