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The surname Cosner

A surname, carried by 2,396 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C256

Cosner: #12,850 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cosner #12,850, 2,396 people Cosner: #12,850 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cosner #12,850, 2,396 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cosner is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,396 people named Cosner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,859 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,249.

#12,850
rank among US surnames
2,396
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+6.5%
change since 2000 (was #12,630)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,842Bridgers2,397128,805
#12,850Camilo2,396128,859
#12,856Cliff2,395128,913

Who is named Cosner

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

95% of people named Cosner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cosner

Cosner has the Soundex code C256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C256.

Questions

How common is the surname Cosner?
2,396 people in the United States had the surname Cosner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,859 Americans. It ranked 12,850th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cosner?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cosner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Cosner getting more or less common?
More common. 2,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,396 in 2010, up 6.5%.