Cows Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Cows Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cows Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan121:14,886,99061,272
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Cows (43) may also be a first name.

Cows Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cows occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cows? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Cows is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Cows live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Cows is also the 1,545,828th most common first name internationally It is held by 43 people.

Cows is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 14,886,990. In Pakistan Cows is mostly concentrated in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 83 percent reside, Gilgit-Baltistan, where 8 percent reside and Sindh, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Pakistan it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Cows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cows has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chows8931/
Coows891/
Coews890/
Cowss890/
Cowse890/
Czowsz8019/
Chowsh8017/
Chowse801/
Cowsse800/
Caws75490/
Cowx75403/
Cobs75222/
Kows7525/
Covs758/
Cowz753/
Qows751/
Cofs750/
Cawse67270/
Coobs67181/
Kowsz6779/
Kouws6757/
Kowsh6715/
Kowss6710/
Chaws675/
Chowz675/
Coffs675/
Cawst672/
Kowws671/
Cowch671/
Cobss671/
Dcowz671/
Chovs671/
Czaws671/
Cowce670/
Coifs670/
Coubs670/
Coofs670/

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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 Cows
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