Cowans
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of Cowan, with redundant English patronymic -s.
Proper noun
[edit]Cowans (plural Cowanses)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cowans is the 15898th 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
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cowans”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 378.