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 surname Cows is most common in Pakistan. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Cows click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cows? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cows is the 5,213,395th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Cows live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,545,828th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 43 people.

The surname Cows is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,886,990. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 83 percent reside, Gilgit-Baltistan, where 8 percent reside and Sindh, where 8 percent reside. Besides Pakistan this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Cows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cows has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cows surname contracted 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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