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![Show Contents]() Costa History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Costa familyThe surname Costa was first found in the 12th century with the Costa family in the city of Genoa. Early History of the Costa familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Costa research. The years 1436, 1438, 1551, 1634 and 1690 are included under the topic Early Costa History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Costa 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 Costa include Costa, Costi, Coste, Da Costa, Dalla Costa and many more. Early Notables of the Costa 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) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. The Costa family were first recorded as entering into the...
- Pasquale Costa was a musician in Naples who came from a long line of Neapolitan composers
Costa World RankingIn the United States, the name Costa is the 1,076th most popular surname with an estimated 27,357 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Costa is ranked the 963rd most popular surname with an estimated 5,601 people with that name. 2 And in France, the name Costa is the 387th popular surname with an estimated 10,900 people with that name. 3 South America ranks Costa as 54th with 74 people. 4
 Costa migration to the United States | + |
An examination of many early immigration records reveals that people bearing the name Costa arrived in North America very early:
Costa Settlers in United States in the 16th Century- Pedro de Costa, went to Venezuela in 1534
- Cristóbal Costa, went to Hispaniola in 1537
Costa Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Matthias De Costa, who landed in Maryland in 1666-1750 5
Costa Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Mr. Joseph Costa, French settler traveling aboard the ship "Le Beaumont" arriving in Louisiana on 19th August 1785 6
- Mrs. Marguerite Costa (nee Trahan), French settler traveling aboard the ship "Le Beaumont" arriving in Louisiana on 19th August 1785 6
Costa Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Juan De Costa, who landed in America in 1812 5
- Francisco Costa, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1813 5
- Ventura Costa, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1816 5
- Ramon Costa, aged 53, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1827 5
- Pedro De Costa, who landed in Venezuela in 1834 5
- ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
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The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 7Costa Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century- Cristobal Costa, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1837 5
| Contemporary Notables of the name Costa (post 1700) | + |
- David Joseph "Dave" Costa (1941-2013), American NFL football defensive tackle
- Johnny Costa (1922-1996), American jazz pianist
- Mario Costa (1936-2023), Italian philosopher, known for his studies of the consequences of new technology in art and aesthetics
- Maria Costa (1926-2016), Italian poet
- Giovanni Costa y Martínez (1826-1903), Italian landscape painter
- Daniela Costa (1981-2023), Catalan actress
- Augusto Ferrero Costa (1944-2023), Peruvian lawyer and politician, President of the Constitutional Court of Peru from January to September 2022
- Jean-Paul Costa (1941-2023), French jurist, President of the European Court of Human Rights from 2007 to 2011
- Sueli Correa Costa (1943-2023), Brazilian singer-songwriter and composer, born in Rio de Janeiro
- Lawrence Costa (1969-1970), Australian politician, Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2016 until his death in 2022
- ... (Another 11 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
| Historic Events for the Costa family | + |
- Mr. Peter David Costa (b. 1920), Corporal, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking 8
SS Caribou - Mr. K. F. Da Costa, (K. P.), British passenger who was Royal Fleet Auxilliary officer was travelling aboard the railway ferry "SS Caribou" when it was struck by a German submarine torpedo on 14th October 1942, the most significant sinking in Canadian waters at that time, he survived the sinking
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- "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- "List of most common surnames in South America." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames_in_South_America
- 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)
- 7 Ships Acadian Expedition of 1785. Retrieved 13th October from http://www.acadian-cajun.com/7ships.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
- HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html
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