Cousins Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 32
Buckinghamshire 14
Berkshire 107
Cambridgeshire 109
Channel Islands 15
Cheshire 24
Cornwall 30
Cumberland 16
Derbyshire 41
Devon 246
Dorset 117
Durham 79
Essex 226
Gloucestershire 138
Hampshire 375
Herefordshire 9
Hertfordshire 110
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 33
Isle of Man 5
Kent 148
Lancashire 180
Leicestershire 39
Lincolnshire 137
London 894
Middlesex 68
Northumberland 35
Norfolk 125
Northamptonshire 64
Nottinghamshire 106
Oxfordshire 42
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 33
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 205
Somerset 216
Surrey 105
Sussex 124
Staffordshire 35
Warwickshire 41
Westmorland 9
Wiltshire 55
Worcestershire 16
Yorkshire 454

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 6
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 144
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 36
Pembrokeshire 70
Radnorshire 0

Cousins Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cousins family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,015
Agricultural Labourer 169
Domestic Servant 69
Labourer 55
Dress Maker 51
General Labourer 50
Laundress 49
Farm Labourer 41
General Servant 41
Coal Miner 29
Carpenter 27
Annuitant 21
Servant 20
Gardener 19
Shoe Maker 18
Blacksmith 17
No Occupation 17
Charwoman 15
House Keeper 15
Cook Domestic Servant 14
Baker 13
Painter 13
Servant Domestic 13
Tailor 13
Cook Domestic 11

Most Frequent Forenames for Cousins

Name Census Frequency
William Cousins 2,449
Mary Cousins 2,113
John Cousins 1,843
George Cousins 1,452
Elizabeth Cousins 1,413
Thomas Cousins 1,258
Sarah Cousins 1,180
Charles Cousins 1,091
James Cousins 917
Ann Cousins 693
Henry Cousins 689
Eliza Cousins 538
Jane Cousins 527
Frederick Cousins 525
Ellen Cousins 521
Annie Cousins 487
Emma Cousins 483
Robert Cousins 476
Arthur Cousins 452
Joseph Cousins 448
Alice Cousins 447
Edward Cousins 410
Emily Cousins 402
Alfred Cousins 376
Albert Cousins 316

Cousins Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cousins 100% 35,863
2 Cousens 86% 5,182
3 Cosens 71% 1,627
4 Cosins 86% 443
5 Coussins 88% 275
6 Cousans 86% 262
7 Cusins 86% 159
8 Cousons 86% 136
9 Causins 86% 130

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The surname Cousins is the most popular version of all its varients

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