Cowans
English
Etymology
Variant of Cowan, with redudant English patronymic -s.
Proper noun
Cowans (plural Cowanses)
- A surname, from Scottish Gaelic.
Statistics
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cowans”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN