Cosgrove Surname

19,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,842 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Cosgrove Surname Definition:

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

Cosgrove Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,1791:25,5633,218
England4,5621:12,2141,796
Australia2,7311:9,8851,471
Ireland2,1381:2,202418
Canada1,4161:26,0213,491
Scotland8411:6,3661,008
Northern Ireland8351:2,210456
New Zealand5041:8,9851,550
Wales1611:19,2212,054
Chile1001:176,1655,766
South Africa761:712,86550,752
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
France151:4,428,181244,602
Isle of Man141:6,1301,329
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
China31:455,773,85521,925
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,9131:2,316434
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1481:21,2333,004
Scotland3011:12,4361,485
Wales101:156,8426,008
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6791:13,6501,751

Cosgrove (44) may also be a first name.

Cosgrove 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

(Irish) Grandson of Coscrach (victorious).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A parish in Northamptonshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Cosgrove Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cosgrove occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Cosgrove click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cosgrove? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 19,701st most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 261,746 people. The surname Cosgrove occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Cosgrove reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,525,482nd most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 44 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 14,179 people, or 1 in 25,563. In The United States Cosgrove is most frequent in: New York, where 10 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 5 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname is found in 65 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Cosgrove Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cosgrove has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cosgrove last name expanded 385 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 397 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 112 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 279 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,610 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cosgrove Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (93%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Cosgrove last name are 7.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.23% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cosgrove earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 0.19% more than the national average, earning 346,730 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 5.83% less than the national average, earning R 223,788 per year; in United States they earn 15.51% more than the national average, earning $49,842 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.46% more than the national average, earning $52,395 CAD per year.

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Cosgrove Reference & Research

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