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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Romance (from Galician Dacosta, Portuguese da Costa), from Latin costa.
Proper noun
Dacosta (plural Dacostas)
- A surname from the Romance languages.
Translations
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dacosta is the 5224th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6679 individuals. Dacosta is most common among White (59.66%), Black/African American (23.94%), and Hispanic/Latino (10.15%) individuals.
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Galician
Etymology
From da (“of the”) + Costa (“costa (“slope”), but also the name of a large number of hamlets in Galicia”), from Latin costa.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dacosta
- a toponymical surname
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “Dacosta” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “costa” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Da Costa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daˈkosta/
- Rhymes: -osta
- Syllabification: Da‧cos‧ta
Proper noun
Dacosta m or f by sense
- a surname from Galician