Kostka

From Czech, Slovak, and Polish Kostka.

Kostka (plural Kostkas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kostka is the 20676^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1280 individuals. Kostka is most common among White (96.41%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kostka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 342.

From kostka. First attested in 1338.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /kɔstka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /kɔstka/
• Homophone: kostka

Kostka m animacy unattested

1. a male surname

Kostka f

1. a female surname

• Polish: Kostka

• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kostka”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• Witold Taszycki, editor (1965-1967), “kostka (1-2)”, in Słownik staropolskich nazw osobowych (in Polish), volume 3, Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, page 98

Inherited from Old Polish Kostka, from kostka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔst.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔstka
• Syllabification: Kost‧ka
• Homophone: kostka

Kostka m pers

1. a male surname

Kostka f

1. a female surname

• “Kostka”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔstka]

Kostka m pers (female equivalent Kostková)

1. a male surname

• “Kostka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025