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The KOWAL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 4,290 7173 0.002 16
United States (1880 census) -1 112645 0 0
Change since 1880 +4291 +105472 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 175 8533 0.001 11
United Kingdom 196 16655 0 4
Top States for KOWAL by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 635 2831 0.003 33
Illinois 415 2911 0.003 33
New Jersey 389 2247 0.005 46
Massachusetts 311 2648 0.005 49
Pennsylvania 305 4673 0.002 25
Top States for KOWAL by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Rhode Island 79 1927 0.008 75
Massachusetts 311 2648 0.005 49
Connecticut 162 2600 0.005 48
New Jersey 389 2247 0.005 46
Alaska 23 3798 0.004 37

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KOWAL live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KOWAL represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KOWAL in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KOWAL by picking someone at random in Rhode Island than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KOWAL

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Poland

Language of origin: Polish

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KOWAL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KOWAL in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 55 1.28
Mixed Race 54 1.26
Asian/Pacific 27 0.63
White (Caucasian) 4,140 96.5
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KOWAL surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of KOWAL in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of KOWAL.

Similar names to KOWAL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KOWAL.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for KOWAL

The following words are slight variants of KOWAL that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.