The surname Cowden
A surname, carried by 4,111 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C350
Origin
English and Scottish surname, from several places in both Scotland and England named Cowden, from cow + dene (“valley”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,111 people named Cowden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,102 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,960.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8,046 | Copenhaver | 4,113 | 75,066 |
| #8,049 | Rabon | 4,112 | 75,084 |
| #8,055 | Fant | 4,111 | 75,102 |
| #8,060 | Ginsberg | 4,110 | 75,121 |
Who is named Cowden
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Cowden identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Cowden
Cowden has the Soundex code C350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C350.
Questions
- Where does the surname Cowden come from?
- English and Scottish surname, from several places in both Scotland and England named Cowden, from cow + dene (“valley”).
- How common is the surname Cowden?
- 4,111 people in the United States had the surname Cowden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,102 Americans. It ranked 8,055th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cowden?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cowden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Cowden getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,111 in 2010, up 3.8%.