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    The surname Cowger

    A surname, carried by 2,018 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C260

    Cowger: #14,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cowger #14,724, 2,018 people Cowger: #14,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cowger #14,724, 2,018 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cowger is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,018 people named Cowger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,996 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,955.

    #14,724
    rank among US surnames
    2,018
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #14,122)

    Who is named Cowger

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

    94% of people named Cowger identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cowger

    Cowger has the Soundex code C260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cowger?
    2,018 people in the United States had the surname Cowger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,996 Americans. It ranked 14,724th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cowger?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cowger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cowger getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,018 in 2010, up 3.2%.