How common is the surname Cousin?

3,131 people in the United States had the surname Cousin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,609 Americans. It ranked 10,292nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cousin?

Ertharin Cousin, 12th Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, followed by Marcus Cousin.

Where is the surname Cousin most common?

Wikidata records people named Cousin in the United States.

Is the surname Cousin getting more or less common?

More common. 2,968 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,131 in 2010, up 5.5%.

What are other spellings of Cousin?

Couzen, Couzens, Cozen, Cozens, Cozin and Cozins.

The surname Cousin

A Norman surname, carried by 3,131 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cousin is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

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”.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,131 people named Cousin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,609 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,968.

#10,292

rank among US surnames

3,131

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,018)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,286	Jayne	3,134	98,515
#10,287	Ferrera	3,133	98,546
#10,290	Jarquin	3,132	98,578
#10,292	Andress	3,131	98,609
#10,297	Breese	3,130	98,641
#10,298	Myhre	3,129	98,672

Who is named Cousin

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

61% of people named Cousin identified as Black (not Hispanic), 29% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Cousins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ertharin Cousin
12th Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, born 1957
Marcus Cousin
American basketball player (born 1986)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Couzen
Couzens
Cozen
Cozens
Cozin
Cozins
Cossin
Cossins
Cosin
Cosins

Surnames that sound like Cousin

Cousin has the Soundex code C250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C250.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cousin come from?: 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”.
How common is the surname Cousin?: 3,131 people in the United States had the surname Cousin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,609 Americans. It ranked 10,292nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cousin?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Cousin identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 29% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cousin?: Ertharin Cousin, 12th Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, followed by Marcus Cousin.
Where is the surname Cousin most common?: Wikidata records people named Cousin in the United States.
Is the surname Cousin getting more or less common?: More common. 2,968 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,131 in 2010, up 5.5%.
What are other spellings of Cousin?: Couzen, Couzens, Cozen, Cozens, Cozin and Cozins.