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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Portuguese and Catalan : variant (plural) of Costa. The Catalan form is a respelling (probably Castilianization) of Catalan Costes, of the same origin.
  • Greek : from the personal name Kostas, a reduced form of Konstantinos (see Constantine).

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