# Cousin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cousin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,131 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,292 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,609 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.5% (2,968 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Couzen, Couzens, Cozen, Cozens, Cozin, Cozins, Cossin, Cossins, Cosin, Cosins |

## Etymology

From Middle English Cosyn, a surname from Norman terminology. From Anglo-Norman, from Old French cusin, cosin, cousin (“cousin”) (French cousin, cousine). Literally, “familial relative”.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cousin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 4.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cousin in the United States.

## People named Cousin

- Ertharin Cousin, 12th Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme
- Marcus Cousin, American basketball player (born 1986)

## Similar surnames

Cousineau, Cousino, Coggin, Chacon, Cason, Chism, Cosme, Casiano, Chesney, Ciccone, Cogan, Chiasson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.