How common is the surname Cowin?

1,042 people in the United States had the surname Cowin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. It ranked 24,137th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cowin getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,042 in 2010, down 9.9%.

The surname Cowin

A surname, carried by 1,042 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cowin is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Cowan.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,042 people named Cowin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. That is down 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,156.

#24,137

rank among US surnames

1,042

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-9.9%

change since 2000 (was #21,156)

Who is named Cowin

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

91% of people named Cowin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cowin

Cowin has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

Questions

Where does the surname Cowin come from?: Variant of Cowan.
How common is the surname Cowin?: 1,042 people in the United States had the surname Cowin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. It ranked 24,137th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cowin?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cowin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cowin getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,042 in 2010, down 9.9%.