Cousin Family History
Cousin Name Meaning
English and French: nickname from Middle English, Old French
co(u)sin, cusin (Latin consobrinus), which in the
Middle Ages, as in Shakespearean English, had the general meaning
‘relative’, ‘kinsman’. The surname would thus have denoted a person
related in some way to a prominent figure in the neighborhood. In some
cases it may also have been a nickname for someone who used the term
‘cousin’ frequently as a familiar term of address. The old slang word
cozen ‘cheat’, perhaps derives from the medieval confidence
trickster’s use of the word cousin as a term of address to
invoke a spurious familiarity. The patronymics constitute the most
frequent forms of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cousin
Name Distribution of Cousin Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cousin families
 22 - 42  8 - 21 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cousin families
|
36 - 70 13 - 35 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cousin families
|
29 - 55 10 - 28 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cousin census records
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Cousin Family Origin
Cousin Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cousin
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cousin Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cousin census records
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Cousin Civil War Service Records
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