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
Cousin Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Cousin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cousin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cousin (Arabic: كازن) is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Cousín or Couśin. For other possible spellings of Cousin click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cousin? popularity and diffusion
Cousin is the 14,540th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 190,047 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Cousin live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 224,766th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 1,237 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 26,517 people, or 1 in 2,505. In France it is most frequent in: Hauts-de-France, where 22 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 16 percent reside and Normandy, where 10 percent reside. Apart from France Cousin exists in 127 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Cousin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cousin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cousin last name grew 1,008 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 52 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Cousin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Cousin last name is chiefly Methodist (90%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Cousin surname are 10.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.38% being 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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