How Many People Have the Last Name Cowan?
people had the surname Cowan in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 9,050 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+344 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Cowan (79.5%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 15.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Cowan ranks #797. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 81.7% to 79.5%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Cowan grew from 32,242 people in 2000 to 32,586 in 2010 (up 1.1%), and its rank fell from #985 to #1,074. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 11.95 to 11.05 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 32,242 | 32,586 |
| Rank | #985 | #1,074 |
| Per 100,000 people | 11.95 | 11.05 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Cowan
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Cowan: C500
👤 Cowan as a First Name
Cowan is a first name too: about 177 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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