The Dacosta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,679 people carried this name — #5,224 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,200 people counted. That is up 27% from 5,252 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Dacosta surname
From Romance (from Galician Dacosta, Portuguese da Costa), from Latin costa.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dacosta» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 248 people named Dacosta 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Dacosta.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Gironde.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Dacosta in American newspapers,
1872–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,333 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dacosta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henrique Dacosta 1964– · writer -
Marta Dacosta 1966– · writer -
Quique Dacosta 1972– · businessperson -
Dacosta Goore 1984– · association football player -
Cristina Dacosta 1988– · actor -
George Dacosta 1770–1838
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 23 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dacosta.
When the index is not enough
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