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    The surname Cousar

    A surname, carried by 1,495 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C260

    Cousar: #18,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cousar #18,486, 1,495 people Cousar: #18,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cousar #18,486, 1,495 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cousar is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,495 people named Cousar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,330.

    #18,486
    rank among US surnames
    1,495
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,965)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,478Melnyk1,496206,381
    #18,486Newhall1,495206,519

    Who is named Cousar

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

    75% of people named Cousar identified as Black (not Hispanic), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 75%
    • White (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Cousar

    Cousar has the Soundex code C260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cousar?
    1,495 people in the United States had the surname Cousar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. It ranked 18,486th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cousar?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Cousar identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cousar getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,495 in 2010, up 12%.