Last Name COUSINS

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Meaning	Nickname: The cousin, a kinsman or near relative. The final 's' is patronymic, as in Jenkins, Williams, Jones, etc. In many cases a natural corruption of Custance, one of the most popular girl-names.

Origin	English, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Maltese, Belgian, South african

Rank	3,748 (2000 US census)	3,190 (1990 US census)

Count	8,691 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

70.53%, or 6130 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
24.89%, or 2163 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 39 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.61%, or 53 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.03%, or 176 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.5%, or 130 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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