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![Show Contents]() Coste History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Coste familyThe surname Coste was first found in the 12th century with the Costa family in the city of Genoa. Early History of the Coste familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coste research. The years 1436, 1438, 1551, 1634 and 1690 are included under the topic Early Coste History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Coste Spelling VariationsItalian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Coste include Costa, Costi, Coste, Da Costa, Dalla Costa and many more. Early Notables of the Coste familyProminent among bearers of this surname in early times was Giovanni Costa, who was involved in the governmental council in Piedmont during the 15th century; Cesare Costa of Assisi was a priest and lawyer around 1438; Lorenzo Costa was a famous painter in Bologna around this time, whose works can be seen there still today; Carlo Adriano Costa, born in 1551, was a politician in Chieri; Angelo Maria Costa was a prominent painter and architect in Palermo during the late 17th century; Margherita Costa was a famous author and singer in Rome at this time. Tommaso Costa (1634-1690)...
Another 97 words (7 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Coste Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Coste RankingIn France, the name Coste is the 227th most popular surname with an estimated 15,821 people with that name. 1
 Coste migration to the United States | + |
An examination of many early immigration records reveals that people bearing the name Coste arrived in North America very early:
Coste Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Isaac Coste, who landed in South Carolina in 1738 2
Coste Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Louis Coste, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1808 2
- Jacques A Coste, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1813 2
- Emilio Coste, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1869 2
- Andrew Coste, who landed in Mississippi in 1892 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Coste (post 1700) | + |
- Christopher Robert Coste (b. 1973), American Major League Baseball catcher
- Emile Coste (b. 1862), French Olympian who won gold for fencing during the 1900 games
- Brigadier-General Jean Coste (1881-1960), French Commanding Officer during World War II 3
- Xavier Pascal Coste (1787-1879), French architect
- Claude Antoine Jean Georges Napoléon Coste (1805-1883), French guitarist and composer
| Historic Events for the Coste family | + |
- Ms. Dalahea Coste, Hungarian Third Class Passenger from Szedged, Hungary who survived the sinking on the Empress of Ireland (1914) 4
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 3) Jean Coste. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Coste/Jean-Auguste-Velentin/France.html
- Commemoration Empress of Ireland 2014. (Retrieved 2014, June 16) . Retrieved from http://www.empress2014.ca/seclangen/listepsc1.html
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Coste migration to the United States 
