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    The surname Cousineau

    A surname, carried by 2,240 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C250

    Cousineau: #13,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cousineau #13,541, 2,240 people Cousineau: #13,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cousineau #13,541, 2,240 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cousineau is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,240 people named Cousineau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,833 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,175.

    #13,541
    rank among US surnames
    2,240
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,942)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,536Seiber2,241137,771
    #13,541Cousineau2,240137,833
    #13,544Pero2,239137,894
    #13,545Eugenio2,238137,956

    Who is named Cousineau

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

    96% of people named Cousineau identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cousineau

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cousineau?
    2,240 people in the United States had the surname Cousineau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,833 Americans. It ranked 13,541st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cousineau?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Cousineau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Cousineau getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,240 in 2010, up 3.0%.