Explore the Family Name Cozort

The meaning of Cozort

Variant of Cozart, a surname of French origin (see Cossart).

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How common is the last name Cozort in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Cozort" has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 44,654th in popularity but dropped to 47,356th by 2010, which equates to a decline of approximately 6.05%. The number of individuals carrying this surname also decreased slightly from 453 in 2000 to 448 in 2010, reflecting a modest reduction of 1.1%. The proportion per 100,000 people also fell by 11.76% during the same time period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,654	#47,356	-6.05%
Count	453	448	-1.1%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.15	-11.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cozort

According to the ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, there has been a shift in the ethnic identity associated with the Cozort surname between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the majority of those with the Cozort name were White (93.38%) and this remained largely consistent in 2010, though it did drop to 92.41%. The percentage of Hispanic individuals carrying the Cozort name saw a significant increase from 1.77% to 3.79%, representing a change of 114.12%. Interestingly, there were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native with the Cozort surname in 2000, but by 2010, these groups made up 1.34% and 1.56% of the Cozort population respectively. Conversely, those who identified as Black or belonging to two or more races and carried the surname Cozort, disappeared entirely from the dataset by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.38%	92.41%	-1.04%
Hispanic	1.77%	3.79%	114.12%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.56%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.34%	0%
Two or More Races	1.99%	0%	0%
Black	1.32%	0%	0%