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The DA COSTA surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 5,252 6028 0.002 20
United States (1880 census) 74 38374 0 1
Change since 1880 +5178 +32346 +N/A +19
Other Countries
Australia 28 40686 0 2
United Kingdom 399 10442 0.001 9
Top States for DA COSTA by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 1,078 744 0.017 170
Florida 757 2535 0.005 47
New York 645 2761 0.003 34
New Jersey 601 1388 0.007 71
California 493 5333 0.001 15
Top States for DA COSTA by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Rhode Island 223 556 0.021 213
Massachusetts 1,078 744 0.017 170
Connecticut 271 1483 0.008 80
New Jersey 601 1388 0.007 71
Florida 757 2535 0.005 47

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DA COSTA live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DA COSTA represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DA COSTA in Massachusetts than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DA COSTA by picking someone at random in Rhode Island than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DA COSTA

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Portugal

Language of origin: Portugese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DA COSTA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DA COSTA in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 525 10
Mixed Race 488 9.29
White (Caucasian) 3,006 57.24
Black/African American 1,132 21.55
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DA COSTA surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DA COSTA in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of DA COSTA.

Similar names to DA COSTA

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DA COSTA.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DA COSTA

The following words are slight variants of DA COSTA that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.