Cousins Surname
Approximately 34,220 people bear this surname
Cousins 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 SurnameCousins Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,445 | 1:31,670 | 3,955 |
| England | 10,601 | 1:5,256 | 732 |
| Australia | 4,056 | 1:6,656 | 977 |
| Canada | 2,723 | 1:13,531 | 1,995 |
| Jamaica | 1,507 | 1:1,904 | 313 |
| South Africa | 842 | 1:64,344 | 8,089 |
| Northern Ireland | 663 | 1:2,783 | 563 |
| Wales | 645 | 1:4,798 | 521 |
| Ireland | 454 | 1:10,372 | 1,352 |
| New Zealand | 435 | 1:10,410 | 1,809 |
| Scotland | 290 | 1:18,461 | 2,206 |
| Panama | 78 | 1:50,157 | 2,439 |
| Thailand | 77 | 1:917,381 | 143,219 |
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| Spain | 41 | 1:1,140,294 | 40,056 |
| Chile | 35 | 1:503,328 | 12,866 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Jersey | 20 | 1:4,960 | 981 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 537 | 1:8,249 | 1,249 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5,009 | 1:4,866 | 732 |
| Wales | 268 | 1:5,852 | 385 |
| Scotland | 103 | 1:36,342 | 2,873 |
| Jersey | 14 | 1:3,706 | 624 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:9,045 | 877 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,372 | 1:21,171 | 2,663 |
Cousins (40) may also be a first name.
Cousins 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.
Cousen’s or Cousin’s (Son): v. Cousen, Cousin.
(French) The cousin or kinsman.
(a French name) includes families of Norman and other descents. Herebert and Robert Cusin occur in England, 1189 (Rot. Pip.); Gilbert, John, Roger, and William C., 1199 (Palgr. Rot. Cur. Regis).
Cousins Demographics
Average Cousins Salary in
United States
$42,239 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cousins Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cousins Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cousins is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cousins? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 16,256th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 212,962 people. Cousins occurs mostly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Cousins reside; 37 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Cousins is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name internationally, held by 40 people.
It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 11,445 people, or 1 in 31,670. In The United States Cousins is most frequent in: Virginia, where 8 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 6 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States it occurs in 72 countries. It is also common in England, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.
Cousins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cousins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cousins surname grew 483 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 212 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 241 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 15 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 282 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cousins Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Cousins surname is chiefly Catholic (47%) in Ireland.
In The United States Cousins are 6.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.54% being registered with the party.
The amount Cousins earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.11% more than the national average, earning 363,757 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 62.11% more than the national average, earning R 385,224 per year; in United States they earn 2.11% less than the national average, earning $42,239 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.15% less than the national average, earning $49,110 CAD per year.
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Cousins Reference & Research
Cousins DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Cousins FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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