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Etymology of Kostak

What does the name Kostak mean?

The Kostak surname is derived from the personal names Kosty and Kost, which are pet forms of the male given name Konstanty, which is the Polish form of the name Constantine. The name Constantine is a derivative of the Latin name Constantinus, which means steadfast and faithful. This name was borne by the first Christian ruler of the Roman Empire, Constantine the Great (280-337). Constantine rebuilt the city named Byzantium, renamed it Constantinople and made it the capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire. Constantinople is the modern city of Istanbul, Turkey.


Kostak migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kostak Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Barbara Kostak, aged 54, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 1
  • Tomas Kostak, aged 18, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 1


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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