Cosby

Cosby

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)

1. A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5495).
2. A village in Andrew County, Missouri, United States.
3. A census-designated place in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States.
4. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cosby is the 3471^st 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 372.

Anagrams

• SCOBY, Scoby, scoby