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    The surname Cowell

    A patronymic surname, carried by 6,618 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C400

    Cowell: #5,269 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cowell #5,269, 6,618 people Cowell: #5,269 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cowell #5,269, 6,618 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cowell is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    * As an Irish and Manx surname, shortened from McCawell, Anglicized from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), meaning "battle chief," see Caulfield. * Also as an Irish surname, shortened from Mac (Giolla) Comhghaill (“son of (the devotee of) Saint Comhghal”), see Cool. * Also as an Irish surname, shortened from McCool. * As an English surname, from several places named Cowhill, analyzable as cow + hill, or from Cowleigh in Worcestershire, equivalent to cow + Leigh. * Also as an English surname, variant of Cole. * As a Polish, Carpathian Rusyn and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kowal.

    Cowell is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,618 people named Cowell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,652 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,110.

    #5,269
    rank among US surnames
    6,618
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,248)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,261Brasher6,63446,540
    #5,262Wessel6,63046,568
    #5,264Bowe6,62846,582
    #5,265Deese6,62646,596
    #5,266Maggard6,62546,603
    #5,267Felts6,62146,631
    #5,268Rife6,62046,638

    Who is named Cowell

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

    84% of people named Cowell identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cowell

    Cowell has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cowell come from?
    * As an Irish and Manx surname, shortened from McCawell, Anglicized from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), meaning "battle chief," see Caulfield. * Also as an Irish surname, shortened from Mac (Giolla) Comhghaill (“son of (the devotee of) Saint Comhghal”), see Cool. * Also as an Irish surname,…
    How common is the surname Cowell?
    6,618 people in the United States had the surname Cowell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,652 Americans. It ranked 5,269th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cowell?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Cowell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Cowell?
    Cowell is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Cowell getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,618 in 2010, up 8.3%.