Cowd Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cowd Surname Definition:

Prob. an abbrev. of Coward, q.v.

Cowd Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:1,013,05650,089
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England791:308,54920,627
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Cowd Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Prob. an abbrev. of Coward, q.v.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Code was a tenant before the compilation of Domesd. An ancient family long settled at Morval, co. Cornwall, have at various periods written themselves Code, Coad, and Coode. C. S. Gilbert's Cornw. ii. 72.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From coid, var. coit, cos, coys, cuit, cus (pl. cosaws, cosawes), god, goda, goed, goose, gosse, gus, guz,govyth, gyth, wyth, quit, quite, a wood. Hence the surnames Cause, Causse, Caws, Cawse, Coad, Coat, Coath, Code, Cood, Coot, Coote, Cowd, Coose, Cooze (Cossa?), Cuss, Goad, Goate, Good, Goose, Goosey, Gooze, Goozee, Goss, Gosse.

— Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock
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Cowd Demographics

Average Cowd Salary in
United States

$40,700 USD

Per year
Rank:
728,084 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
4.77222E-6
Rank: 657,199 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
94.32%
Sample size: 10 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Cowd Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cowd Come From? nationality or country of origin

Cowd occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cowd? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cowd is the 2,034,059th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Cowd live; 65 percent live in Northern Europe and 65 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,013,056. In England it is most common in: Hampshire, where 36 percent are found, Cornwall, where 16 percent are found and Devon, where 11 percent are found. Outside of England this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Cowd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cowd has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Cowd last name fell 30 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 118 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cowd Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Cowd surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Cowd earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.68% less than the national average, earning $40,700 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chowd893,737/
Chowdh805/
Zowd7514/
Cofd754/
Kowd754/
Cuwd751/
Cawd750/
Cowte677/
Chawd676/
Kowdh671/
Kewd5015/
Kowt507/
Cawt505/
Cafd504/
Zawd503/
Qawd502/
Kuwd501/
Cufd501/
Qofd501/
Qewd501/
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