McCowan

English

Alternative forms

• McCowen, McCowin, McCown

Etymology

Anglicized form of either Scottish Gaelic Mac Eoghain (“son of Eoghan”) or Mac Gille Comghain (“son of the servant of (Saint) Comghan”), from which also McElhone.

Proper noun

McCowan (plural McCowans)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCowan is the 7386^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4510 individuals. McCowan is most common among White (60.22%) and Black/African American (33.1%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCowan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 548.