Cowman is an occupational surname of Norman origin. Retrieved 23 January 2014. from cowman. A rare surname throughout the world today, Cowman is most common in Ireland. 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 (born 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
See also Cowman (disambiguation)
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