The surname McCowan
A Scottish Gaelic occupational surname, carried by 4,510 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M250
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Anglicized form of either Scottish Gaelic Mac Eoghain (“son of Eoghan”) or Mac Gille Comghain (“son of the servant of (Saint) Comghan”), from which also McElhone.
McCowan is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,510 people named McCowan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,458 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,094.
Who is named McCowan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
60% of people named McCowan identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 60%
- Black (not Hispanic) 33%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Questions
- Where does the surname McCowan come from?
- Anglicized form of either Scottish Gaelic Mac Eoghain (“son of Eoghan”) or Mac Gille Comghain (“son of the servant of (Saint) Comghan”), from which also McElhone.
- How common is the surname McCowan?
- 4,510 people in the United States had the surname McCowan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,458 Americans. It ranked 7,386th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McCowan?
- In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named McCowan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is McCowan?
- McCowan is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname McCowan getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,510 in 2010, up 10%.