The Kostic surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 759 people carried this name — #30,701 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 45% from 524 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kostic surname
From Serbo-Croatian Kostić.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kostic» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
842 people named Kostic live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 79 people named Kostic.
Most of them — 71 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Kostic 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
22 people named Kostic have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 82 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
354 people named Kostic is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Kostic,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vladica Kostic 1985– · actor
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Ivana Kostic 1992– · sport cyclist
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Milos Kostic 1994– · basketball player
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Lucija Kostic 2000– · basketball player
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Tamara Kostic 2006– · tennis player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kostic.
- Kosinski 2,646 · U.S. census
- Koslowski 705 · U.S. census
- Kosmala 279 · U.S. census
- Kosowski 572 · U.S. census
- Kost 3,522 · U.S. census
- Koster 6,580 · U.S. census
- Kostka 1,280 · U.S. census
- Kostrzewa 439 · U.S. census
- Kot 1,511 · U.S. census
- Kouassi 297 · U.S. census
- Kouba 1,443 · U.S. census
- Kouyate 344 · U.S. census
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