Kostar Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Kostar Early Origins

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The surname Kostar was first found in Mecklenburg, where the name contributed greatly to the development of an emerging nation, and would later play a large role in the tribal and national conflicts of the area. Over time, the family name branched into other houses, where their influence continued to be felt because of the important role they played in the local social and political affairs. They held a family seat at Kosteritz.

Kostar Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Koster, Kostar, Coster, Costar and others.

Kostar Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kostar research. Another 161 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1793, 1532 and 1619 are included under the topic Early Kostar History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Kostar Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jan Coster, who arrived in New York in 1664; A. Adelheid Koster, who settled in America in 1835; Hero Jochim Coster, who settled in Iowa in 1849; Adolph Koester, who settled in Philadelphia in 1856.

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Tobler-Meyer, Wilhelm. Familiennamen der Ostschweiz. Zürich: 1894. Print.
Preuss, Otto. Die Lippischen Familiennamen mit Berücksichtigung der Ortsnamen. Detmold: Meyer'sche Hofbuchh, 1887. Print.
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Schenk, Trudy. Wuerttemberg Emigration Index Volume I-VIII. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Inc., 1986. Print.
Kapff, Rudolf. Schwäbische Geschlechtsnamen. Stuttgart: Verlag Silberburg, 1927. Print.
Kneschke, Dr. Ernest Heinrich. Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon 9 Volumes New General German Aristocracy Lexicon. Leipzig: Friedrich Voigt, 1859. Print.
Haverkamp, Alfred. Medieval Germany 1056-1273 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print.
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The Kostar Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Kostar Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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