Cowx Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Canada

Cowx Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cowx Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1871:297,95822,741
Canada1461:252,36723,920
United States221:16,475,406557,260
France181:3,690,151224,666
Scotland81:669,22723,443
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Wales51:618,90625,852
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:443,18925,511

Cowx Last Name Facts

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

Cowx occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cowx? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 722,496th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Cowx live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 297,958. In England it is most common in: Cumbria, where 24 percent are found, Hampshire, where 10 percent are found and West Midlands, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account England this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 36 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Cowx Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cowx has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Cowx surname rose 340 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cowx Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Cowx earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 22.94% less than the national average, earning $33,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.31% more than the national average, earning $53,315 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cows7514/
Cowz753/
Cowq752/
Kowx751/
Sowx751/
Cowc751/
Cowke67196/
Coows671/
Cowch671/
Cowse670/
Cowss670/
Cowce670/

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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 Cowx
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