Cousins
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Cousins is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 12K
- CACanada≈1 in 23K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 378 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈23,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Cousins counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Cousins | 6 |
| US United States | — | 9,380 | 1 in 35K | 9.4K | Cousins | 378 |
| GB United Kingdom | #951 | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Cousins | 214 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Cousins | 152 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Cousins | 147 |
| LA Laos | — | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Cousins | 6 |
| JM Jamaica | #470 | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Cousins | 14 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Cousins | 46 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Cousins is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, 'Son of Cousin'.
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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Norman Cousinsb. 1915USAmerican journalist (1915–1990)
- Andrea Stewart-Cousinsb. 1950USAmerican politician
- Robin Cousinsb. 1957GBBritish former competitive figure skater
- Christopher Cousinsb. 1960USAmerican actor
- Lucy Cousinsb. 1964GBauthor and illustrator (born 1964)
- Mark Cousinsb. 1965GBBritish film director
- Kirk Cousinsb. 1988USAmerican football player (born 1988)
- DeMarcus Cousinsb. 1990USAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- Jordan Cousinsb. 1994GBFootballer (born 1994)
- Isaiah Cousinsb. 1994USAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 9.4K | #3,773 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 8.7K | #3,748 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 8.5K | #4,050 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cousins mean, and where does it come from?
- The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Cousins have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 23 thousand people named Cousins in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cousins.
- How common is the name Cousins?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,380 people named Cousins in 2010, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.
- How common is Cousins compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Cousins is the 470th most common surname of 50,451 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cousinsThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cousins” — the 470th most common surname in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.