Cowans

English

Etymology

Variant of Cowan, with redundant English patronymic -s.

Proper noun

Cowans (plural Cowanses)

1. 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.