The surname Cowans
A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 1,829 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C520
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Variant of Cowan, with redundant English patronymic -s.
Cowans is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,829 people named Cowans in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,806 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,589.
Who is named Cowans
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
71% of people named Cowans identified as Black (not Hispanic), 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 71%
- White (not Hispanic) 21%
- Two or more races 5.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Cowans has the Soundex code C520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C520.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Cowans come from?
- Variant of Cowan, with redundant English patronymic -s.
- How common is the surname Cowans?
- 1,829 people in the United States had the surname Cowans in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,806 Americans. It ranked 15,898th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cowans?
- In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Cowans identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Cowans?
- Cowans is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Cowans getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,829 in 2010, up 15%.