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    The surname Cossey

    A surname, carried by 2,431 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C200

    Cossey: #12,696 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cossey #12,696, 2,431 people Cossey: #12,696 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cossey #12,696, 2,431 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cossey is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,431 people named Cossey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,004 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,187.

    #12,696
    rank among US surnames
    2,431
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,897)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,689Deroche2,434126,847
    #12,692Veilleux2,433126,899
    #12,694Culbert2,432126,951
    #12,696Henao2,431127,004
    #12,703Raulerson2,430127,056

    Who is named Cossey

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

    85% of people named Cossey identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cossey

    Cossey has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cossey?
    2,431 people in the United States had the surname Cossey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,004 Americans. It ranked 12,696th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cossey?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Cossey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cossey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,187 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,431 in 2010, up 11%.