Kostka

== English == === Etymology === From Czech, Slovak, and Polish Kostka. === Proper noun === Kostka (plural Kostkas) A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Kostka is the 20676th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1280 individuals. Kostka is most common among White (96.41%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kostka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 342. == Old Polish == === Etymology === From kostka. First attested in 1338. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /kɔstka/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /kɔstka/ Homophone: kostka === Proper noun === Kostka m animacy unattested a male surname === Proper noun === Kostka f a female surname ==== Descendants ==== Polish: Kostka === References === Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “kostka”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish) Witold Taszycki, editor (1965-1967), “kostka (1-2)”, in Słownik staropolskich nazw osobowych (in Polish), volume 3, Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, page 98 == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish Kostka, from kostka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔst.ka/ Rhymes: -ɔstka Syllabification: Kost‧ka Homophone: kostka === Proper noun === Kostka m pers a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Kostka f a female surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Kostka”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030 == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔstka/, [ˈkɔstka] Rhymes: -ɔstka Hyphenation: Kos‧tka === Proper noun === Kostka m pers (female equivalent Kostková) a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Kostka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026