ZIMMY 6 | 1,601 8 Apr 2013 #2The name seems to be of Romanian origin. Of course, after hundreds of years who knows where people end up.
Grzegorz_ 51 | 6,161 8 Apr 2013 #3I would be guessing it comes from Bessarabiaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabia#Principality_of_Moldavia60 people in Poland with this last name.
OP archiwum 13 | 125 13 May 2013 #4Here is another website:genealogy.euweb.cz/balkan/basarab.htmlMerged: Is the surname Koscian tatar?Is the surname Koscian tatar?
Astoria - | 155 30 Oct 2013 #5Kościan: from kość "bone" or in Eastern Poland from the name Konstanty (diminutive Kostek). It's a Polish name, but can be used by a person of any ethnicity or religion.