Last Name COWARD

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Meaning	The cow-herd, a great North-English surname. In the Furness district of Lancashire it contends with the Tysons, Atkinsons, and Ashburners for the front place. Cowherd, the original form, still exists.

Origin	English, Irish, Belgian

Rank	5,443 (2000 US census)	4,030 (1990 US census)

Count	5,880 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

63.33%, or 3724 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
31.62%, or 1859 total occurrences, as black,
0.51%, or 30 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.22%, or 13 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.7%, or 100 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.62%, or 154 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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