Costa ([ˈkɔsta], [ˈkɔʃtɐ, ˈkɔstɐ], [ˈkɔsta], [ˈkosta], [ˈkɔstə, ˈkɔsta]), sometimes da Costa or Da Costa, is an Italian (particularly in Liguria, Piedmont and Sardinia), Portuguese, Galician, Spanish and Catalan surname. Because of colonization and immigration, it is found throughout Latin America, being particularly common in Brazil and Argentina. It is also a surname chosen by Jews, due to Roman Catholic conversions.
There is also an unrelated Lebanese 'Costa' surname.
In Italy, Portugal, Galicia and Catalonia it is derived from the Latin word COSTA, "rib", which has come to mean slope, coast, in Romance languages. In the rest of Spain it comes from Catalonia or from Galicia, being the Spanish equivalent Cuesta.
It may refer to:
Afonso Costa, (1871-1937), Portuguese Prime Minister 1913-17
Albert Costa, Catalan tennis player
Aldo Costa, Italian Engineering Director of the Mercedes Formula One team
Alberto Costa, various
Alfredo Costa (–1908), a person who assassinated King Carlos I of Portugal and his eldest son Luis Filipe with Manuel Buiça in 1908
Andrea Costa, Italian socialist activist
António Costa, Portuguese politician
Antonio da Costa Santos, Brazilian architect and politician
Antony Costa, British singer
Beatriz da Costa, interdisciplinary artist
Benjamin Mendes da Costa, English-Australian philanthropist
Carles Costa, Catalan tennis player
Carlos Duarte Costa, Brazilian religious figure
Celso Costa, Brazilian mathematician, discovered Costa's minimal surface, an embedded minimal surface in 1982
Dave Costa (1941–2013), American football player
Dave Costa (offensive lineman) (born 1978), American football player
Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro, Brazilian politician
Desiderio Costa, Angolan politician
Diego Costa, Spanish-Brazilian footballer
Don Costa, American pop music arranger and record producer
Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer playing for FC Bayern Munich, winger
Emanuel Mendez da Costa, English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector
Erminio Costa, Italian-born neuroscientist
Fabio Costa, Brazilian goalkeeper
Francesco Costa, Italian painter
Frank Costa, Australian businessman and Geelong Football Club President
Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
George Da Costa (1853–1929), a Nigerian photographer
Giacamo Costa (1919–2000), Italian-born Australian professional wrestler better known as Al Costello
Giovanni Costa, Italian painter
Isaac da Costa, Dutch Jewish writer
Jason Costa, mixed martial artist from mississauga Ontario
Jaume Costa, Valencian footballer
Jay Costa, American politician
Jean-Paul Costa, French judge
Jim Costa, Portuguese-American politician
João da Costa, Portuguese Jesuit
Joan Costa-i-Font, Catalan economist
Joaquim Costa Puig, Catalan basketball player
Joe Costa, Australian footballer
Johnny Costa, American jazz pianist
Jorge Costa, Portuguese football player
Joseph Costa, Luso-American aviation pioneer
Larissa Costa, Brazilian model
Ligia Maura Costa, Brazilian professor
Lorenzo Costa, Italian painter
Lúcio Costa, Brazilian architect and urban planner
Luís Antônio Corréa da Costa (born 1966), Brazilian footballer better known as Müller
Manuel da Costa, Portuguese footballer
Manuel da Costa, Portuguese jesuit missionary
Manuel Pinto da Costa, former president of São Tomé and Príncipe
Sam Costa, Professional British gamer
Marcos Costa, Brazilian boxer
Mariana Bridi da Costa, known as "Mari", Brazilian model
Mario Costa (diplomat), a Maltese diplomat and ambassador to Russia
Martinho da Costa Lopes, East Timorese religious and political leader
Mathieu de Costa, first recorded black person in Canada
Matt Costa, American folk singer and songwriter
Sir Michael Costa, English composer and conductor
Michael Costa, Australian politician
Moses da Costa, also called "Anthony da Costa", English banker
Newton da Costa, Brazilian mathematician
Nikka Costa, American singer
Nuccio Costa, Italian television presenter
Orazio Costa, Italian theatre pedagogist and director
Oronzio Gabriele Costa, Italian zoologist
Paolo Costa, Italian Member of the European Parliament
Phil Costa, Australian politician
Philippe Da Costa
Rebecca Da Costa, model, actress
Renata Aparecida da Costa, aka Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
Rex De Costa, Sri Lankan doctor and soldier
Ricardo Costa, Portuguese filmmaker
Robert Costa (disambiguation), multiple people
Ronaldo da Costa, Brazilian long distance runner
Rui Costa, Portuguese football player
Sam Costa, British comic actor
Stéphane Da Costa, French-Polish professional ice hockey player
Uriel da Costa, Portuguese Jewish writer
Viviane Costa, Brazilian water polo player
Wimal Kumara de Costa, Sri Lankan actor
