McCowin

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Variant spelling of Scottish McCowan

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/məˈkaʊɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

McCowin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 708K(measured from records)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 128K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 319K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

470 people, 2010

Record sources
169 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 128K (inferred from the name graph)

Singapore, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Variant spelling of Scottish McCowan.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world

(measured from records)

McCowin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where McCowin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States4701 in 708K615McCowin169
GB United Kingdom≈120 est.≈1 in 541K—McCowin6
SG Singapore≈48 est.≈1 in 128K—McCowin1
IN India≈40 est.≈1 in 33M—McCowin1
IT Italy≈39 est.≈1 in 1.6M—McCowin1
AT Austria≈28 est.≈1 in 319K—McCowin1
PT Portugal≈27 est.≈1 in 385K—McCowin2
IE Ireland≈10 est.≈1 in 500K—McCowin1

470 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling mccowin. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Mccowin,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

6 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.

Official registers attesting McCowin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020615#38,716
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000530#39,111
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010470#45,495
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name McCowin mean, and where does it come from?
Variant spelling of Scottish McCowan. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce McCowin?
A machine transcription gives /məˈkaʊɪn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does McCowin have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 470 people named McCowin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled McCowin.
How common is the name McCowin?
In the United States, the national register counted 470 people named McCowin in 2010, about 1 in 708 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “McCowin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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