Costta History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Costta family

Early History of the Costta family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Costta research. The years 1436, 1438, 1551, 1634 and 1690 are included under the topic Early Costta History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Costta Spelling Variations

Italian 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 Costta include Costa, Costi, Coste, Da Costa, Dalla Costa and many more.

Early Notables of the Costta family

Prominent 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)...
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Migration of the Costta family

An examination of many early immigration records reveals that people bearing the name Costta arrived in North America very early: Angelo Costa and Stephano Costa, who arrived in New York in 1893 aboard the EMS from Naples, Stephen Costa, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1866, William Costa, who arrived in the same city in 1878, Rudolph and Joseph Costa, who settled in Philadelphia in 1880, and Antonio Costa, who arrived in New York in 1908..