# Couzens (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/couzens/  
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) | 436 |
| US rank (2010) | 48,436 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 708,132 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.5% (398 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Couzen, Cozen, Cozens, Cozin, Cozins, Cossin, Cossins, Cosin, Cosins, Cusin |

## Etymology

A Middle English 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 Couzens 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Couzens in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Couzens

- James J. Couzens, American politician (1872–1936)
- Millie Couzens, British cyclist

## Similar surnames

Cousins, Cozzens, Coggins, Cushing, Cosenza, Chojnacki.

## 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.