How common is the surname Cogswell?

3,384 people in the United States had the surname Cogswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,237 Americans. It ranked 9,603rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cogswell?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cogswell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cogswell?

Alice Cogswell, 1805-1830 first student of an official deaf school in the United States of America.

Where is the surname Cogswell most common?

Wikidata records people named Cogswell in the United States.

Is the surname Cogswell getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,384 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Cogswell

A surname, carried by 3,384 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cogswell is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,384 people named Cogswell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,237 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,418.

#9,603

rank among US surnames

3,384

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #8,826)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,594	Hoelscher	3,387	91,156
#9,596	Keever	3,386	91,183
#9,598	Lundeen	3,385	91,210
#9,603	Seaver	3,384	91,237
#9,607	Wingert	3,383	91,264
#9,609	Sabatino	3,382	91,291
#9,611	Cuenca	3,381	91,318

Who is named Cogswell

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Cogswell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cogswells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alice Cogswell
1805-1830 first student of an official deaf school in the United States of America

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cogswell

Cogswell has the Soundex code C240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C240.

Questions

How common is the surname Cogswell?: 3,384 people in the United States had the surname Cogswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,237 Americans. It ranked 9,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cogswell?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cogswell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cogswell?: Alice Cogswell, 1805-1830 first student of an official deaf school in the United States of America.
Where is the surname Cogswell most common?: Wikidata records people named Cogswell in the United States.
Is the surname Cogswell getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,384 in 2010, down 1.0%.