Cosgriff Surname

285,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,349 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Cosgriff Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cosgrove,' a parish in Northamptonshire.

Cosgriff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7621:475,66840,388
Australia4301:62,7817,566
England791:705,29239,851
New Zealand631:71,87810,704
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland241:184,5789,087
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1951:257,53221,220

Cosgriff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cosgrove,' a parish in Northamptonshire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Cosgrove (Northampton) =? Col(e)’s Grove [O.E, gráf, a grove] Coseley, Staffs, is Col(e)’s Lea. (Celtic) for the Irish Cosgrach = Victorious.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Northamptonshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Cosgriff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cosgriff Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cosgriff occurs most in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cosgriff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 285,131st most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 5,402,184 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Cosgriff live; 43 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 762 people, or 1 in 475,668. In The United States Cosgriff is primarily found in: California, where 9 percent reside, Minnesota, where 8 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 32 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.

Cosgriff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cosgriff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cosgriff last name rose 391 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 343 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cosgriff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Cosgriff surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Cosgriff surname are 2.9% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.33% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cosgriff earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 119.64% more than the national average, earning 760,134 kr per year and in United States they earn 16% more than the national average, earning $50,053 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cosgriffe9437/
Coysgriff940/
Cosgrif9322/
Casgriff880/
Cosgrift880/
Cosgroff880/
Cosgrive752/
Cosgrouf751/
Coskerif750/
Cosgreive710/
Kosogoroff673/
Cosgrve671/
Cosgrov670/
Causgrew500/

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