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The Cosenza surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,860 people carried this name — #15,687 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,759 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Cosenza surname

From Latin Cōnsentia, Cosentia, from consentia.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cosenza» (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 713 people named Cosenza 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 371
Santa Fe 201
City of Buenos Aires 131
Formosa 10

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 106 people named Cosenza.

Most of them — 70 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 70
Bouches-du-Rhône 23
Paris 4
Val-d’Oise 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1
Var 1
Tarn 1
Yvelines 1
Rhône 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

56 people named Cosenza live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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

Where they live today

Ticino 14
Schaffhausen 8
Zurich 7
Bern 6
Geneva 6
Vaud 5
Schwyz 4
Basel-Landschaft 3

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 print

Cosenza in American newspapers,
1909–1915.

Newspaper page from The Detroit Times carrying the name Cosenza
The Detroit Times 1914-12-14
Newspaper page from Little Falls Herald carrying the name Cosenza
Little Falls Herald 1909-01-01
Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Cosenza
The Day Book 1915-01-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,784 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cosenza,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giuseppe Cosenza
    Giuseppe Cosenza 1788–1863 · Catholic priest
  • Vincenzo Cosenza
    Vincenzo Cosenza 1844–1924 · politician
  • Carlo Cosenza 1668–1743 · Catholic priest
  • Giovanni Carlo Cosenza 1765–1851 · writer
  • Giovanni Carlo Cosenza 1765–1851 · writer
  • Geremia Nicola Antonio Cosenza 1807–1882 · Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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