Cowman (surname)
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Cowman is an occupational surname of Norman origin.{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=cowman |title=Cowman Surname Meaning and Distribution |publisher=ancestry.co.uk}} Retrieved 23 January 2014 from cowman. A rare surname throughout the world today, Cowman is most common in Ireland.{{cite web |url=http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/cowman |title=Cowman Surname Meaning and Distribution |publisher=forebears.co.uk}} Retrieved 23 January 2014
As an Irish surname, it is anglicised from Irish Gaelic surname Ó Comáin.
Notable persons with that surname include:
- Alan Cowman (born 1954), Australian malaria researcher
- Charles Cowman (1868–1924), American missionary to Japan
- Dick Cowman (b. 1949), rugby player
- Joseph Cowman (fl. 1705–1748), one of the founders of the Patuxent Iron Works
- Lettie Cowman (1870–1960), American author
- Roz Cowman (born 1942), is an Irish poet and critic
- Stan Cowman (1923–2003), New Zealand cricket umpire