Last Name COSTEN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Constantine (failiarly Costantine), from nickname Costain or Costin. This nickname lasted till the 17th century.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 39,444 (2000 US census) 52,353 (1990 US census)
Count 525 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 45.14%, or 237 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 48.57%, or 255 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.1%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.9%, or 10 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Belarus middle names

 Belarus middle names form the same way as Russian ones, in part due to general common history of the Russian and Belarus nationalities, and in part due to very close integration of all nationalities during the Soviet Union times. Follow the

Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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