Last Name COWGILL

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Meaning	Local: Of Cowgill, a hamlet in the parish of Sedbergh, West Riding Yorks. Probably Colgill is the original form.

Origin	English

Rank	11,321 (2000 US census)	9,048 (1990 US census)

Count	2,561 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.63%, or 2449 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.27%, or 7 total occurrences, as black,
0.74%, or 19 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.47%, or 12 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.17%, or 30 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.72%, or 44 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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