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Costa


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Origin Of The Surname Costa

Meaning Of The Surname Costa

One Who Lives on the River Bank

Interesting Facts About Costa

Costa is of Latin origin, and comes from the Latin word for an area of land that ends for water, for example a river bank or coastal land. It would have been used as a topographic surname. These surnames described the area of land where the bearer lived or a nearby landmark. This surname would have been given to a person living on a river bank or very near to the coast. Many similar surnames in many European languages have the same Latin source.

Costa Statistics

Costa is the number 1285 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 8,003 share the surname Costa in the UK.

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