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Dacosta

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Romance (from Galician Dacosta, Portuguese da Costa), from Latin costa.

Proper noun

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Dacosta (plural Dacostas)

  1. A surname from the Romance languages.

Translations

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Statistics

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  • 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.

See also

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Etymology

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From da (of the) +‎ Costa (costa (slope), but also the name of a large number of hamlets in Galicia), from Latin costa.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Dacosta

  1. a toponymical surname
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Descendants

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  • English: Dacosta

References

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  • 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.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “Da Costa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /daˈkosta/ [d̪aˈkos.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -osta
  • Syllabification: Da‧cos‧ta

Proper noun

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Dacosta m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Galician