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Cowgile Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cowgill,' a hamlet in the parish of Sedbergh, West Riding of Yorkshire Probably Colgill is the original form. The instances below are found in the neighbourhood of Settle.

Johannes de Colgyll, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Cowgile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Cowgile Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cowgill,' a hamlet in the parish of Sedbergh, West Riding of Yorkshire Probably Colgill is the original form. The instances below are found in the neighbourhood of Settle.

Johannes de Colgyll, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Alicia de Colgyll, 1379: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

COWGIL: Perhaps from Cowgill, a hamlet in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Andrew Cowgil in Tron parish signed the Test in 1685 (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 456).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

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