Cowboy Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Cowboy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Cowboy (758) may also be a first name.
Cowboy Demographics
Average Male Cowboy Height
176.07 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cowboy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cowboy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cowboy occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cowboy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,658,108th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 53 percent of Cowboy live; 53 percent live in Oceania Islands and 53 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Cowboy is also the 298,355th most widely held forename internationally, held by 758 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 127,402. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Chimbu, where 36 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 13 percent reside and National Capital District, where 13 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 14 percent reside and Iran, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chowboy | 92 | 1 | / |
| Cowby | 91 | 5 | / |
| Cowboi | 83 | 18 | / |
| Kowboy | 83 | 4 | / |
| Chowby | 83 | 3 | / |
| Coswby | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cowbot | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cowboyeed | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cowboyhat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chowbay | 77 | 3,718 | / |
| Chowbey | 77 | 1,271 | / |
| Cobby | 73 | 2,889 | / |
| Cawby | 73 | 147 | / |
| Cobbo | 73 | 80 | / |
| Kowbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chowbaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chowbe | 67 | 101 | / |
| Cobbey | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ciobbo | 67 | 20 | / |
| Chobbo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chowba | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chowbi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chobby | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chawby | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chovby | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cowvey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cubboy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cowbaz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kowboj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cawbey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cowbat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zawboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coubby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cobbay | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cowboy
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