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 53
Buckinghamshire 10
Berkshire 63
Cambridgeshire 226
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 17
Cornwall 18
Cumberland 6
Derbyshire 105
Devon 289
Dorset 128
Durham 125
Essex 493
Gloucestershire 161
Hampshire 432
Herefordshire 11
Hertfordshire 111
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 17
Isle of Man 0
Kent 231
Lancashire 320
Leicestershire 61
Lincolnshire 188
London 1,149
Middlesex 220
Northumberland 35
Norfolk 142
Northamptonshire 68
Nottinghamshire 127
Oxfordshire 76
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 17
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 211
Somerset 225
Surrey 211
Sussex 141
Staffordshire 44
Warwickshire 45
Westmorland 16
Wiltshire 104
Worcestershire 19
Yorkshire 722

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 6
Carmarthenshire 6
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 283
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 104
Pembrokeshire 78
Radnorshire 0

Cousins Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cousins family

Profession Census Frequency
School 741
Farm Labourer 100
General Labourer 57
Labourer 52
Private Means 45
General Servant (domestic) 38
Coal Miner Hewer 38
Domestic Servant 35
Dressmaker 33
Farmer 33
None 29
At Home 28
House Keeper 28
Clerk 25
Labourer General 22
Dress Maker 20
General Servant Domestic 20
Shop Assistant 19
Butcher 18
Charwoman 17
Housekeeper 17
Laundress 17
Assisting In The Business 17
Cook (domestic) 16
Gardener Domestic 14

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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