The kostka Surname

kostka Name Meaning and History

possibly a nickname for a bony, angular person, from a derivative of kost ‘knucklebone’.
more probably a derivative of the Latin personal name Constantius or Constantinus (see Kost, Constant, Constantine).

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The kostka name in History

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Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of kostka Families in the US in 1920

Number of kostka families

22-41

8-21

1-7

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Thread	Author	Replies
Jenny Kostka 1922 Pa Phillip Lenzi	Ellie Lenzi	1
Joseph Kostka	Andrea Kostka Schuessler	1
Albina Wlaczkowska-Kostka	jjbdd11	0
Darrel Leonard Kostka	cleddy31	0
Frank Kostka	cleddy31	0
Ancestors of Anton & Marianna Kostka, Tricov, Moravia	Kathy	0
Ancestors of Kostka, Mary, Tricov, Moravia	Kathy	0
Kostka family	petr	0
Ondrej (Andrew) KOSTKA	coutchie	2
KOSTKA NAGY	Rose Kuzma	2

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