Kostka

See also: kostka, kostką, Kostką, kóstka, and kôstka

English

Etymology

From Czech, Slovak, and Polish Kostka.

Proper noun

Kostka (plural Kostkas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kostka is the 20676^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1280 individuals. Kostka is most common among White (96.41%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kostka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 342.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔst.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔstka
• Syllabification: Kost‧ka
• Homophone: kostka

Proper noun

Kostka m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kostka

	singular	plural
nominative	Kostka	Kostkowie
genitive	Kostki	Kostków
dative	Kostce	Kostkom
accusative	Kostkę	Kostków
instrumental	Kostką	Kostkami
locative	Kostce	Kostkach
vocative	Kostko	Kostkowie

Proper noun

Kostka f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Kostka

	singular	plural
nominative	Kostka	Kostki
genitive	Kostki	Kostek
dative	Kostce	Kostkom
accusative	Kostkę	Kostki
instrumental	Kostką	Kostkami
locative	Kostce	Kostkach
vocative	Kostko	Kostki

Further reading

• “Kostka”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔstka]

Proper noun

Kostka m pers (female equivalent Kostková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kostka (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Kostka	Kostkovia	Kostkovci
genitive	Kostku	Kostkov	Kostkovcov
dative	Kostkovi	Kostkom	Kostkovcom
accusative	Kostku	Kostkov	Kostkovcov
locative	Kostkovi	Kostkoch	Kostkovcoch
instrumental	Kostkom	Kostkami	Kostkovcami

Further reading

• “Kostka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024