The Cosme surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,405 people carried this name — #6,313 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,600 people counted. That is up 31% from 4,140 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 580 people named Cosme 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 mapWhere they live today
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 407 people named Cosme.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Sarthe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Cosme live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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
Cosme in American newspapers,
1894–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,488 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cosme,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eusebia Cosme 1908–1976 · actor -
Eusebia Cosme 1908–1976 · actor
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Charles Cosme de Meynard 1760–1823 · military personnel
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Henri Cosme 1885–1952 · diplomat
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Sotero Cosme 1905–1978 · engraver
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Alberto Cosme do Amaral 1916–2005 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cosme.
- Corvo 373 · U.S. census
- Cos 440 · U.S. census
- Cosentino 4,312 · U.S. census
- Cosenza 1,860 · U.S. census
- Coskun 208 · U.S. census
- Cosma 543 · U.S. census
- Cossa 196 · U.S. census
- Cossart 102 · U.S. census
- Cosse 369 · U.S. census
- Cossin 417 · U.S. census
- Cosson 334 · U.S. census
- Cossu 164 · U.S. census
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