How Many People Have the Last Name Costa?
people had the surname Costa in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 7,710 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+3,038 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Costa (83.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 10.3%, are Hispanic or Latino. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Costa ranks #670. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic and of two or more races share fell from 5.2% to 2.1%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Costa grew from 35,227 people in 2000 to 38,265 in 2010 (up 8.6%), and its rank fell from #900 to #904. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 13.06 to 12.97 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 35,227 | 38,265 |
| Rank | #900 | #904 |
| Per 100,000 people | 13.06 | 12.97 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Costa
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Costa: C230
👤 Costa as a First Name
Costa is a first name too: about 239 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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