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Da%20costa Family History

Da%20costa Name Meaning

Portuguese and Galician (also Dacosta): variant of Costa with the addition of da a shortened form of the preposition de ‘from’ and the feminine definite article a ‘the’. Compare D'Costa . Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Portuguese surname (see 1 above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later) some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: De Costa, Costa, Decoste, D'agosta, Da Cunha, Da Ponte, Da Silva

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You can see how Da%20costa families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Da%20costa family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Scotland between 1871 and 1920. The most Da%20costa families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 63 Da%20costa families living in London. This was about 85% of all the recorded Da%20costa's in United Kingdom. London had the highest population of Da%20costa families in 1891.

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Between 1968 and 2004, in the United States, Da%20costa life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1972, and highest in 1986. The average life expectancy for Da%20costa in 1968 was 72, and 79 in 2004.

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