Costa (surname)
Costa, sometimes Da Costa or da Costa, is an Italian (particularly in Liguria, Piedmont and Sardinia), Portuguese and Catalan surname. And, because of immigration, is common in Brazil and Argentina. It's also a surname chosen by the Jews, due to Roman Catholic conversions.
It may refer to:
- Albert Costa, Catalan tennis player
- Aldo Costa, Italian technical director of Italian F1 team Ferrari
- 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
- 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
- Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro, Brazilian politician
- Desiderio Costa, Angolan politician
- Don Costa, American pop music arranger and record producer
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Marcos Costa, Brazilian boxer
- Mariana Bridi da Costa, known as "Mari", Brazilian model
- Mario Costa, 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
- Oronzio Gabriele Costa, Italian zoologist
- Paolo Costa, Italian Member of the European Parliament
- Phil Costa, Australian politician
- Renata Aparecida da Costa, aka Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Ricardo Costa, Portuguese filmmaker
- Robert Costa, American policitian
- Ronaldo da Costa, Brazilian long distance runner
- Rui Costa, Portuguese football player
- Sam Costa - British comic actor
- Uriel da Costa, Portuguese Jewish writer
- Viviane Costa, Brazilian water polo player
Dalla Costa
Origins
In Brazil it is believed that the name has been adopted metaphorically, referring to Da Costa as literally from the coast. This theory would explain the absence of the name in families from states not bounded by water.[1]
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