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Cowans
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English
Etymology
Variant of en Cowan, with redundant English patronymic en -s.
Proper noun
es
en 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.
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