Cousin Surname
Approximately 38,346 people bear this surname
Cousin Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the cousin,' a kinsman or near relative; Middle English cousin. The final 's' is patronymic, as in Jenkins, Williams, Jones, &c. The Yorkshire directories are still well supplied with instances, but so are many other county directories.
Read More About This SurnameCousin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 26,517 | 1:2,505 | 167 |
| United States | 4,951 | 1:73,209 | 8,441 |
| Nigeria | 1,023 | 1:173,160 | 10,707 |
| Belgium | 747 | 1:15,390 | 2,353 |
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| England | 647 | 1:86,118 | 9,418 |
| Australia | 468 | 1:57,683 | 7,021 |
| Canada | 401 | 1:91,884 | 10,069 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Ecuador | 223 | 1:71,327 | 5,447 |
| Germany | 216 | 1:372,710 | 35,308 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Venezuela | 196 | 1:154,102 | 4,702 |
| Switzerland | 189 | 1:43,455 | 6,023 |
| India | 127 | 1:6,039,885 | 141,381 |
| Cuba | 109 | 1:105,713 | 3,090 |
| Scotland | 91 | 1:58,833 | 4,840 |
| Iran | 88 | 1:872,529 | 42,309 |
| Netherlands | 86 | 1:196,363 | 27,376 |
| Singapore | 81 | 1:67,996 | 2,745 |
| Argentina | 62 | 1:689,410 | 47,472 |
| South Africa | 58 | 1:934,098 | 59,404 |
| French Polynesia | 49 | 1:5,731 | 1,283 |
| Brazil | 47 | 1:4,554,773 | 120,089 |
| Seychelles | 47 | 1:1,966 | 419 |
| Costa Rica | 42 | 1:113,811 | 1,827 |
| Malta | 42 | 1:10,245 | 640 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Panama | 28 | 1:139,724 | 4,684 |
| Jamaica | 25 | 1:114,798 | 4,448 |
| Uruguay | 22 | 1:155,989 | 13,535 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:221,038 | 13,576 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 1:611,290 | 3,500 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Vietnam | 10 | 1:9,264,605 | 2,710 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Honduras | 9 | 1:979,605 | 4,574 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Cyprus | 7 | 1:126,411 | 8,331 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| El Salvador | 6 | 1:1,057,315 | 4,053 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 1:17,164 | 627 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 389 | 1:62,662 | 7,272 |
| Scotland | 189 | 1:19,805 | 1,983 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 491 | 1:102,278 | 10,345 |
The alternate forms: Cousín (1) & Couśin (1) are calculated separately.
Cousin (1,237) may also be a first name.
Cousin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the cousin,' a kinsman or near relative; Middle English cousin. The final 's' is patronymic, as in Jenkins, Williams, Jones, &c. The Yorkshire directories are still well supplied with instances, but so are many other county directories. Such entries as the following are common:
Henricus Parsoneosyn, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Vikercosyn. 1379: ibid.
Robert Frere-cosyn, 1379: ibid.
Johannes Cosyn, tiropour, 1379: ibid.
Ricardus Cosyn, 1379: ibid.
Alicia Cosyn, 1379: ibid.
Richard le Cusyn, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William le Cusyn, Bedfordshire, ibid.
John le Cosyn. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.
Thoroas le Cozun. Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.
Of the three Cosins in the Dictionary of National Biography, Edmund Cosin. or Cosyn, Vice-chancellor of Cambridge University (fl. 1558), was a native of Bedfordshire; the great John Cosin, bishop of Durham, (born 1594), was a native of Norwich; and the civil lawyer, Richard Cosin (1549-1597) was born at Hartlepool.
A cousin, kinsman, ME. cosyn, cusyn. Nicholas Cusing admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1512 (NSCM., I, p. 45), and Andrew Cosin was burgess there, 1527 (CRA., p. 119). A sasine was recorded in favor of James Cousin in Steilend, 1572 (Pitfirrane), Robert Cusing appears in Dunfermline, 1579 (Dunfermline), and the escheat of John Cusigne there is recorded in 1609 (RD., p. 502). Jean Cuseing appears in Auchtertule, 1653 (PBK., p. 390).
(Anglo-French-Latin) Cousin, Kinsman [Middle English cosyn, cusyn, cousin, kinsman; Old French cosin (French cousin), Latin consobrin-us] There has prob. been confusion with Cussen, Cussin, q.v.; and cp. Cosson.
(French) The cousin or kinsman.
Cousin Demographics
Average Cousin Salary in
United States
$38,353 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cousin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cousin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cousin (Arabic: كازن) is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Cousín or Couśin. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cousin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 14,540th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 190,047 people. The surname Cousin occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Cousin are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Cousin is also the 224,766th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 1,237 people.
This last name is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 26,517 people, or 1 in 2,505. In France Cousin is most prevalent in: Hauts-de-France, where 22 percent live, Île-de-France, where 16 percent live and Normandy, where 10 percent live. Barring France Cousin occurs in 127 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Cousin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cousin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cousin surname expanded 1,008 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 52 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Cousin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Methodist (90%) in Ireland.
In The United States Cousin are 10.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.38% registered with the political party.
The amount Cousin earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 26.77% less than the national average, earning R 174,012 per year; in United States they earn 11.11% less than the national average, earning $38,353 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.96% less than the national average, earning $44,239 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cousin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cousin in the Arabic language | ||
| كازن | kazn | - |
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Footnotes
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