Dacosta

Dacosta (plural Dacostas)

1. A surname​.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dacosta is the 5224^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6679 individuals. Dacosta is most common among White (59.66%), Black/African American (23.94%), and Hispanic/Latino (10.15%) individuals.

• Dacotas

From da (“of the”) + Costa ("slope", but also the name of a large number of hamlets in Galicia).

• IPA^(key): /daˈkɔsta̝/

Dacosta

1. A toponymical surname​.

• Costa

• “Dacosta” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “costa” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Da Costa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.