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The Cosentino surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,312 people carried this name — #7,698 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,238 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Cosentino surname

From cosentino (“of or from Cosenza”), a city and province of Calabria, Italy.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cosentino» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 4,199 people named Cosentino live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,303
City of Buenos Aires 776
Santa Fe 399
Tucumán 145
Mendoza 126
Entre Ríos 83
Córdoba 79
San Luis 51

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 326 people named Cosentino.

Most of them — 182 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Hérault.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 182
Hérault 63
Alpes-Maritimes 14
Var 12
Bouches-du-Rhône 9
Paris 8
Moselle 6
Tarn 4
Seine-Saint-Denis 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

169 people named Cosentino live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 28
Vaud 25
Ticino 24
Aargau 21
Bern 18
Fribourg 9
Solothurn 8
Basel-Landschaft 8

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 63 people named Cosentino live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 30
Liège 17
Brussels-Capital 10
Namur 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Cosentino in American newspapers,
1902–1927.

Newspaper page from The Presbyterian Of The South : [combining The] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian carrying the name Cosentino
The Presbyterian Of The South : [combining The] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian 1910-03-02
Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Cosentino
The Poplar Standard 1927-03-11
Newspaper page from The Kalispell Bee carrying the name Cosentino
The Kalispell Bee 1902-06-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 334 pages in all carry the name.

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