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The KOWIS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 295 63297 0 1
United States (1880 census) -1 149329 0 0
Change since 1880 +296 +86032 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for KOWIS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 211 9164 0.001 10
Ohio 19 59324 0.000 2
Washington 14 49605 0.000 2
North Dakota 10 11062 0.002 16
Wisconsin 8 76585 0.000 1
Top States for KOWIS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Dakota 10 11062 0.002 16
Texas 211 9164 0.001 10
Washington 14 49605 0.000 2
Arkansas 6 26202 0.000 2
Ohio 19 59324 0.000 2

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 KOWIS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KOWIS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KOWIS in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KOWIS by picking someone at random in North Dakota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KOWIS

Sorry, we don't have any origin and classification information for the KOWIS surname.

Ethnic distribution of KOWIS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 279 94.58
Mixed Race 8 2.71
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Black/African American None reported 0
Native American/Alaskan None reported 0
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

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

KOWIS is a genuine surname, but it's an uncommon one. Did you possibly mean one of these instead?

Meaning of KOWIS in historical publications

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

Similar names to KOWIS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KOWIS.

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 KOWIS

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