Cos Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cos Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cos family

Profession Census Frequency
Mason 2
Female Servant 2
Tailor Female 1
Dress Maker 1
Apprentice 1
Independent 1
Ag Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cos

Name Census Frequency
William Cos 12
Mary Cos 9
Elizabeth Cos 6
James Cos 6
John Cos 6
Ann Cos 5
Sarah Cos 5
George Cos 4
Henry Cos 4
Edith Cos 3
Eliza Cos 3
Emma Cos 3
Thomas Cos 3
Hannah Cos 2
Harriet Cos 2
Jane Cos 2
Joseph Cos 2
Leonard Cos 2
Martha Cos 2
Minnie Cos 2
Percy Cos 2
Richard Cos 2
Rose Cos 2
Samuel Cos 2
Walter Cos 2

Cos Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Case 50% 19,792
2 Cose 75% 1,580
3 Coss 75% 1,037
4 Cause 40% 1,008
5 Couse 60% 695
6 Coose 60% 456
7 Cais 50% 199
8 Cos 100% 157
9 Coase 60% 150
10 Caise 40% 121

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The surname Cos is the 8th most popular variant of Case.

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