McCosh

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Coise (“son of Cos”), a byname deriving from cos (“foot, leg”).

Proper noun

McCosh (plural McCoshes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCosh is the 36695^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 609 individuals. McCosh is most common among White (97.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCosh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 548.