Lacoste History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The noble French surname Lacoste is of local origin, deriving from a geographic feature near where the initial bearer once resided. In this instance, the name is derived from the French word, "cote," which in a geographic sense, means, "by the coast."

Early Origins of the Lacoste family

The surname Lacoste was first found in Languedoc where this illustrious family held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Lacoste family

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Lacoste Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lacoste, Lacostes, La Coste, La Costes, Lacauste, Lacaustes, La Caustes, La Causte, De Lacoste, De Lacostes, De Lacauste, De Lacaustes, Coste, Cost, Coust, Couste, Caust, Costes, Causte, Caustes, Decoteau, Costil, Cotel, Coteau and many more.

Early Notables of the Lacoste family

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Lacoste World Ranking

In the United States, the name Lacoste is the 14,267^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Lacoste is ranked the 635^th most popular surname. 2 And in France, the name Lacoste is the 377^th popular surname with an estimated 11,135 people with that name. 3

Lacoste migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lacoste Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John LaCoste, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1813 4
Joseph Lacoste, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1813 4
Laurenta Lacoste, aged 21, settled in New Orleans in 1820
P. Lacoste, aged 66, settled in Philadelphia in 1820
William Lacoste, who settled in Mississippi in 1820
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Contemporary Notables of the name Lacoste (post 1700) +

Paul Victor Lacoste (b. 1974), American football linebacker in the CFL
Lucien LaCoste (1908-1995), American physicist and metrologist, inventor of the zero-length spring in 1932
Paul V. Lacoste, American Republican politician, Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1972 5
Louis Lacoste, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1908 5
Jean Laurent Juslin de Lacoste -Duvivier, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 6
Pierre Jean-Baptiste Lacoste de Fontenille, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 7
Jean Étienne Clément- Lacoste, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 6
Yves Lacoste (b. 1929), French geographer and geopolitician
Robert Lacoste (1898-1989), French politician
Catherine Lacoste (b. 1945), French amateur golfer who won the 1967 U.S. Women's Open as a 22-year-old amateur
... (Another 7 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 25) Jean Lacoste. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 25) Pierre Lacoste. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html