Cowans is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cowans
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cowans

How popular is Cowans?

Cowans is common in United States.

Cowans is ranked 164014 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cowanses grew by 15.10384 per cent to 1829 since 2000 and ranked 15898 after elevating 718 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 70.53 73.95
White 21.1 20.08
Others 5.03 3.27
Hispanic or Latino 2.73 1.95
Cowans is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Jamaica. Around 2240 people have been found who wears Cowans as their family name. Cowans is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
24,766 Scotland2
12,161 Wales2
492,292 Ukraine1
24,176 Qatar1
3,275 Nepal1
62,864 New Zealand1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
151,601 Spain1
24,771 Colombia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
53,804 Australia35
52,530 Belgium22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
47,259 Canada66
Countries with hundreds of Cowans:
16,496 England339
2,171 Jamaica107
Countries with thousands of Cowans:
19,461 United States1,660

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Alex Cowans from Great Britain aboard the Mississippi from Glasgow during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in USA on May 21, 1850.

Cowans Namesakes

  • Adger W. Cowans, Actor
  • Lennard Cowans, Football defensive lineman
  • Rondrick Cowans, Cinematographer
  • Shakema Cowans, Actress
  • Harry Cowans, Politician
  • Zane Cowans, Film actor
  • Norman Cowans, Cricket Bowler

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