The Costes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 256 people carried this name — #75,317 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 17% from 219 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,691 people named Costes.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Aveyron.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 131 people named Costes live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Costes live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Costes.
- Costantino 3,388 · U.S. census
- Costanza 3,137 · U.S. census
- Costanzo 5,970 · U.S. census
- Coste 764 · U.S. census
- Costella 378 · U.S. census
- Coster 1,646 · U.S. census
- Costi 132 · U.S. census
- Coston 4,969 · U.S. census
- Cot 267 · U.S. census
- Cote 21,446 · U.S. census
- Coto 2,814 · U.S. census
- Coton 174 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Costes is.
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