Cosma surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Cosma surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 498 people carried this name — #41,262 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 78 people named Cosma.

Most of them — 49 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Var.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 49
Var 5
Isère 4
Hérault 3
Yvelines 3
Haute-Garonne 2
Ardèche 2
Alpes-Maritimes 2
Moselle 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

65 people named Cosma live in Switzerland.

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

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

Where they live today

Valais 15
Aargau 11
Geneva 9
Zurich 8
Bern 5
St. Gallen 5
Ticino 5
Vaud 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 33 people named Cosma 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 Brussels-Capital.

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

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 21
Flemish Brabant 6
East Flanders 6

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Cosma is.
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