Cosby
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Cozby
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Cossa + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).
Proper noun
Cosby (countable and uncountable, plural Cosbys)
- A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5495).
- A village in Andrew County, Missouri, United States.
- A census-designated place in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States.
- A habitational surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cosby is the 3471st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10300 individuals. Cosby is most common among White (49.68%) and Black/African American (44.17%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cosby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 372.