How common is the surname Cousins?

9,380 people in the United States had the surname Cousins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,915 Americans. It ranked 3,773rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cousins getting more or less common?

More common. 8,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,380 in 2010, up 7.9%.

What are other spellings of Cousins?

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

The surname Cousins

A Norman surname, carried by 9,380 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cousins is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

A Middle English 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 9,380 people named Cousins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,915 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,691.

#3,773

rank among US surnames

9,380

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,748)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,765	Lavoie	9,408	32,817
#3,766	Deloach	9,407	32,821
#3,768	Neill	9,404	32,831
#3,769	Irvine	9,397	32,856
#3,770	Jolley	9,392	32,873
#3,771	Resendez	9,390	32,880
#3,772	Noland	9,386	32,894

Who is named Cousins

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

68% of people named Cousins identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Couzen
Couzens
Cozen
Cozens
Cozin
Cozins
Cossin
Cossins
Cosin
Cosins

Surnames that sound like Cousins

Cousins has the Soundex code C252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C252.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cousins come from?: A Middle English 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 Cousins?: 9,380 people in the United States had the surname Cousins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,915 Americans. It ranked 3,773rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cousins?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Cousins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cousins getting more or less common?: More common. 8,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,380 in 2010, up 7.9%.
What are other spellings of Cousins?: Couzen, Couzens, Cozen, Cozens, Cozin and Cozins.