Cognome

Costa

The strongest concentration of Costa in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 437 of 989 arrivals (44 percent) originating there.

989

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

315

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

181

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 989

Top regione

Sicilia

437 of 989
44 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 13

13 to 44

44 to 131

131+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

17 regioni represented

Sicilia43744%
Calabria15215%
Campania818%
Liguria717%
Veneto455%
Piemonte434%
Lazio343%
Emilia-Romagna263%
Basilicata212%
Abruzzo182%
Marche141%
Lombardia131%
Toscana101%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol81%
Puglia81%
Molise61%
Umbria20%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Costa was recorded between 1830 and 1912.

Messina
65
Provincia ME
Palermo
41
Provincia PA
Fabrizia
25
Provincia VV
Asiago
21
Provincia VI
Bisacquino
17
Provincia PA
Spadafora
17
Provincia ME
Prizzi
14
Provincia PA
Cardinale
14
Provincia CZ
Macerata
11
Provincia MC
Caltanissetta
11
Provincia CL
Napoli
11
Provincia NA
Vizzini
11
Provincia CT
Genova
11
Provincia GE
Mendicino
10
Provincia CS
Torreglia
10
Provincia PD

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Messina	ME	65
Palermo	PA	41
Fabrizia	VV	25
Asiago	VI	21
Bisacquino	PA	17
Spadafora	ME	17
Prizzi	PA	14
Cardinale	CZ	14
Macerata	MC	11
Caltanissetta	CL	11
Napoli	NA	11
Vizzini	CT	11
Genova	GE	11
Mendicino	CS	10
Torreglia	PD	10

Persone notevoli

Notable Costa on Wikipedia

Lorenzo Costa
EN IT
1460 · Ferrara
Ippolito Costa
EN IT
1506 · Bologna
Lorenzo Costa il Giovane
EN IT
1537 · Mantova
Pier Francesco Costa
1544 · Albenga
Ottavio Costa
IT
1554 · Albenga
Giovanni Maria Costa
1581 · Genova
Pier Francesco Costa
1594 · Roma
Margherita Costa
EN IT
1600 · Roma
Tommaso Costa
EN
1634 · Sassuolo
Giovanni Battista Costa
EN
1650 · Genova
Angelo Maria Costa
IT
1670 · Palermo
Francesco Costa
EN
1672 · Genova
Ilario Costa
EN
1696 · Pessinetto
Giovan Battista Costa
1697 · Rimini
Ludovico Costa
1699 · Asti

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Lorenzo Costa	1460	Ferrara	EN IT
Ippolito Costa	1506	Bologna	EN IT
Lorenzo Costa il Giovane	1537	Mantova	EN IT
Pier Francesco Costa	1544	Albenga
Ottavio Costa	1554	Albenga	IT
Giovanni Maria Costa	1581	Genova
Pier Francesco Costa	1594	Roma
Margherita Costa	1600	Roma	EN IT
Tommaso Costa	1634	Sassuolo	EN
Giovanni Battista Costa	1650	Genova	EN
Angelo Maria Costa	1670	Palermo	IT
Francesco Costa	1672	Genova	EN
Ilario Costa	1696	Pessinetto	EN
Giovan Battista Costa	1697	Rimini
Ludovico Costa	1699	Asti

Varianti grafiche

Spelling variants worth checking

The spelling you know may not be the one in the records. For example, a family remembers Mansini, but the records read Mancini.
If your spelling does not appear, a close variant in the list below may be the same family.

Related guide

Myths About Name Changes at Ellis Island

Names were never changed at the border. The spelling here is the original Italian: Giovinelli in the records, perhaps Jovanelli in the family today.

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Di costa

18 US arrivals

Di'costa

6 US arrivals

La costa

2 US arrivals

Costanta

1 US arrivals

Da costa

1 US arrivals

Li costa

1 US arrivals

Costas

1 US arrivals

Costta

1 US arrivals

Variants are surfaced from the surname index, not from per-name research. None of these is guaranteed to be the same family as Costa.

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