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Definition: Meaning "coast" or "riverbank," this surname denoted a person who lived by a river or the sea.
Surname Origin:
Italian, Spanish, Portugese
Alternate Surname Spellings:
DA COSTA, DI COSTA, DE COSTA
More Resources for the Surname COSTA :
Surname Finder - COSTA Genealogy & Family Resources Italian Genealogy COSTA Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - COSTA Genealogy COSTA Surname Mailing List Cousin Connect - COSTA Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - COSTA Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - COSTA Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
