Costa

== English == === Alternative forms === Costas, Dacosta, DaCosta, daCosta, da Costa, Da Costa, dalla Costa, Dalla Costa, dallaCosta, DallaCosta, Dallacosta === Etymology === From pan-Romance (Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa (“rib; side”). === Proper noun === Costa (plural Costas) A surname from the Romance languages. A surname from Italian. A surname from Galician. A surname from French. A surname from Occitan. A surname from Spanish. A Catalonian surname from Catalan. A surname from Portuguese. (UK, informal) The Spanish coast as a holiday or retirement destination, especially resort areas such as the Costa Blanca, Costa Brava and the Costa del Sol. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Costa is the 904th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 38265 individuals. Costa is most common among White (83.16%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.25%) individuals. === See also === === Further reading === Costa (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Ascot, Casto, Coast, Coats, Cotas, Sacto, ascot, catso, coast, coats, octas, scato-, tacos == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Occitan Costa, from Latin costa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔs.ta/ === Proper noun === Costa m or f by sense a Languedoc surname, Costa, from Occitan, equivalent to the French Côté ==== Descendants ==== → English: Costa == Galician == === Etymology === From costa (“slope”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔsta̝/ === Proper noun === Costa f name of a large number of hamlets and villages all along Galicia a toponymical surname, Costa ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: Costa Spanish: Costa === References === “Costa” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. “Costa” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017. Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Costa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin costa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔs.ta/ Rhymes: -ɔsta Hyphenation: Cò‧sta === Proper noun === Costa m or f by sense a toponymic surname ==== Descendants ==== English: Costa === Further reading === Stefano Ravara (2015–2026), Mappa dei Cognomi‎[1] === Anagrams === Tasco, casto, scato-, scota, tosca == Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin costa. === Proper noun === Costa a toponymic surname, Costa ==== Descendants ==== English: Costa French: Costa Spanish: Costa == Portuguese == === Etymology === From costa (“coast”), from Old Galician-Portuguese costa, from Latin costa (“rib, side”). === Pronunciation === Homophone: costa Hyphenation: Cos‧ta === Proper noun === Costa m or f by sense a toponymic surname, Costa ==== Descendants ==== English: Costa === See also === == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Romance (from Galician Costa, Occitan Costa, Catalan Costa), from Latin costa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkosta/ [ˈkos.t̪a] Rhymes: -osta Syllabification: Cos‧ta === Proper noun === Costa m or f by sense a non-Castilian surname, Costa, from the Romance languages, equivalent to the Spanish Cuesta a surname from Occitan a Catalonian surname from Catalan a surname from Galician ==== Descendants ==== English: Costa === See also ===