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    The surname McCosh

    A patronymic surname, carried by 609 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M220

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCosh is more common than 77.4% of them.

    Origin

    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Coise (“son of Cos”), a byname deriving from cos (“foot, leg”).

    McCosh is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 609 people named McCosh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 506,971 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 591.

    #36,695
    rank among US surnames
    609
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #35,916)

    Who is named McCosh

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

    97% of people named McCosh identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    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 McCosh

    McCosh has the Soundex code M220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M220.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCosh come from?
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Coise (“son of Cos”), a byname deriving from cos (“foot, leg”).
    How common is the surname McCosh?
    609 people in the United States had the surname McCosh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,971 Americans. It ranked 36,695th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCosh?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named McCosh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is McCosh?
    McCosh is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McCosh getting more or less common?
    More common. 591 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 609 in 2010, up 3.0%.