Cowans

English

Etymology

Variant of Cowan, with redundant English patronymic -s.

Proper noun

Cowans (plural Cowanses)

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Cowans is the 15898^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1829 individuals. Cowans is most common among Black/African American (70.53%) and White (21.1%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cowans”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 378.

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