How common is the surname Coward?

5,720 people in the United States had the surname Coward in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,976 Americans. It ranked 6,012th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coward?

Cedric Coward, American basketball player (born 2002).

Where is the surname Coward most common?

Wikidata records people named Coward in the United States.

Is the surname Coward getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,880 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,720 in 2010, down 2.7%.

The surname Coward

An English occupational surname, carried by 5,720 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coward is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English cūhierde (“cowherd”). Doublet of Cowherd and cowherd.

Coward is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,720 people named Coward in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,976 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,880.

#6,012

rank among US surnames

5,720

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,443)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,008	Nestor	5,723	53,948
#6,010	Nicholls	5,722	53,958
#6,011	Walston	5,721	53,967
#6,012	Voorhees	5,720	53,976
#6,015	Scheer	5,719	53,986

Who is named Coward

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

60% of people named Coward identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Black (not Hispanic) 34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cowards

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cedric Coward
American basketball player (born 2002)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coward

Coward has the Soundex code C630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C630.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Coward come from?: From Old English cūhierde (“cowherd”). Doublet of Cowherd and cowherd.
How common is the surname Coward?: 5,720 people in the United States had the surname Coward in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,976 Americans. It ranked 6,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coward?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Coward identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coward?: Cedric Coward, American basketball player (born 2002).
Where is the surname Coward most common?: Wikidata records people named Coward in the United States.
What type of surname is Coward?: Coward is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Coward getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,880 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,720 in 2010, down 2.7%.