DeCosta is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: DeCosta
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for DeCosta

How popular is DeCosta?

DeCosta is common in United States.

DeCosta is ranked 88835 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Decosta bearers increased by 0.1832621 per cent in 2010 US census to 3280 since 2000, the surname slipped by 701 spots and ranked at 9861. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.39 71.99
Black 12.07 10.42
Hispanic or Latino 7.65 6.38
Others 6.37 6.41
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.15 4.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.37 0.49
DeCosta is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 4840 people have been found who wears DeCosta as their family name. DeCosta is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
720,003 Russia4
14,078 Japan3
5,909 Bangladesh3
3,340 Jamaica3
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
54,641 Sweden2
24,766 Scotland2
20,186 Kenya2
5,859 Mauritius2
54,135 Philippines2
13,552 Qatar2
415 Saint Kitts and Nevis2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
492,292 Ukraine1
846 American Samoa1
30,360 Thailand1
151,601 Spain1
799 British Virgin Islands1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
153,416 Italy1
17,768 Pakistan1
81,201 Switzerland1
29,774 Venezuela1
21,562 Portugal1
56,169 Mexico1
107,212 South Africa1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
659 The Bahamas42
266 Bermuda34
227,547 Indonesia28
3,544 Guyana24
15,050 Singapore18
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
30,024 Australia76
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of DeCosta:
6,781 Sri Lanka261
120,586 India161
24,984 Canada139
71,225 Germany134
13,194 Malaysia126
36,041 England118
Countries with thousands of DeCosta:
10,637 United States3,414
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DeCosta Namesakes

  • Sara DeCosta-Hayes, Olympic athlete
  • Eric DeCosta, Manager
  • Fredericka DeCosta, Film writer
  • Eric DeCosta, Manager
  • Kertia DeCosta Marley, Stephen Marley's wife
  • Eric DeCosta, Manager
  • Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Writer
  • Adrian Decosta characterized the minor character of Ensemble in 2010 drama, fantasy flick National Theatre Live: Nation.

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